1920s Antique American Hooked Rug - 2' X 3'3"

Description

Antique handmade decorative American hooked rug. Beautiful allover design in grey shade decorated with wonderful burgundy border with abstract decoration … more Antique handmade decorative American hooked rug. Beautiful allover design in grey shade decorated with wonderful burgundy border with abstract decoration on it. Flowers are in two corners of the rug. The condition is original and good.

The author William Winthrop Kent believed that the earliest forebears of hooked rugs were the floor mats made in Yorkshire, England during the early part of the 19th century.
Rug hooking as we know it today may have developed in North America, specifically along the Eastern Seaboard in New England in the United States, the Canadian Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador. In its earliest years, rug hooking was a craft of poverty. The vogue for floor coverings in the United States came about after 1830 when factories produced machine-made carpets for the rich.


-condition: original good,

-circa: 1920,

-size: 2' x 3.3' ( 64cm x 102cm ),

-material: wool,

-country of origin: USA,

-style: Hooked,

-background colours: grey, yellow, purple, green. less