Rug
- Object Name:
- Rug
- Object ID:
- 1947.025.11
- Creator:
- Frost, Edward S. (1843-1894)
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Biddeford, ME
- Date:
- 1876-1900
- Description:
- Hooked Rug. Made from pattern No. 49 designed by Edward S. Frost (1843-1894), Biddeford, ME; 1876-1900. Design features a blue-gray and black cat lying on a square pink and white pillow. Background is a khaki color. Outer border is filled with stylized leafy scrolls worked in shades of red, olive, cream, and brown. Worked with strips of woven and knit wool fabrics on burlap. The edges are finished by turning under the burlap and hooking through the hem.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton
Burlap - Dimensions:
- W-19.25 L-37.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Mary Thompson (Mason) Tilney (1855-1914), mother of the donor, from farm houses near her summer home in Pleasant Valley, NH (near Wolfeboro) between 1895 and 1913.
- Credit Line:
- The Tilney Collection, Gift of Jessie M. Tilney, in Memory of Robert Fingland Tilney and Mary Mason Tilney
- People:
- Tilney, Mary M. (1855-1914), Tilney, Robert F. (1849-1926), Tilney, Jessie Mason (1883-1960), Frost, Edward S. (1843-1894)
- Subjects:
- Rugs, Textiles, Floor coverings, Scrolls, Cats
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