Collection Highlights
Beschryvinge van Nieuvv-Nederlant
Date:
1656
Object Number:
LIB.Y.1656.D
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Luce Center
Hooked rug
Object Number:
1944.210
Date:
1850-1900
Medium:
Cotton, wool, burlap
Dimensions:
Overall: 38 x 70 x 1/2 in. ( 96.5 x 177.8 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
Rectangular mixed fiber hooked rug with uncut pile and burlap foundation; nautical design with three-masted sailing ship within central rectangle with a red anchor on variegated blue ground in each corner; rectangular border with brown square tooth border on tan ground; dark brown cotton backing.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
