SOME OLD RUGS

Seems a while since I posted an antique rug show so here I go ~ a basket of flowers with interlocking chain border.  Shame it is so damaged as it certainly is a beauty.

Here is a view of the back and you can see it had been folded over and hooked thru all layers to do an immediate protection of raw edges.

This primitive geometric I find quite attractive, probably because of the colors.  Hooked 19th century according to the auction house.

Everyone probably remembers the Dancing Rabbits hook along.  In those posts I showed you the old versions but this is the first time seeing this old image of the rug.

Think this is the first Dalmation I've seen hooked too.

For the feline folks here's a cat which doesn't seem to be much of a  mouser.

A deer and fawn said to be pre 1900.

The person who hooked the geometric below made her own fabric design.   She took flat colors, hooked lines and balanced her values to make it more creative and interesting.   

A giant flower circa 1845.  Decided to not hook it my next class with Caroline since I'm still working on a floral.  But it is a lovely design.

Horse and foal hooked early 20th century.

Another horse in an oval center and sawtooth border.

Two horseshoe themed rugs but this first one appears to have hand prints on each side.

The last rug is a show stopper.  Seabury Bed Rug dated 1819 and measures 93 x 101.

Happy weekend and happy hooking.  

Saundra

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Antique Art with Wool

Most, if not all, followers enjoy my posting of antique rugs ~ I also enjoy seeing them again after saving them from the on-line auction house.  First up is this 1800's Geometric from Newburyport, MA which measures 19 x 35.  Is that a repair of a damaged edge or just a large binding?

A floral hearth rug dated 1870 in brown tones measures 29 x 78.  Wish they had posted a frontal photo and indicated it's provenance.  But can only tell you what is available on the auction house site.

A primitive bowl of flowers hooked early 20th century.  

 

Another floral rug dated 1880 measures 23 x 45.  I've said before that blotchy background rugs intrigue me.  So looking at the one below am wondering if all the border was originally very dark but faded.  Or by the time she collected enough textile to finish that lower part this darker textile is what she had?  Oh I'd love to have conversations with some of those ladies.

The Cat and Kittens in the basket is mounted on a frame and said to be hooked between 1887-1899.  It measures 27 x 37.5.

Upon seeing the pattern above it triggered a previously posted antique rug which was only of kittens in a basket.

Giving equal time to dogs, below is a reclining dog which measures 33 x 55.  No other provenance was available on the web site.

Yeah, am sure you'd like to see more.....and I have more but want to save some for a future post.  Happy weekend to you worker bees.  To we oldsters who are retired every day is a weekend.

Happy hooking, stitching, quilting, knitting, etc.

Saundra
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