Collections record Beta

Collection Record Detail

Object Name

Rug

Object Number

1993-19-1

Description

Wool rag rug with linen backing. Wool strips sewn tightly together, then trimmed and slightly frayed to give rug a velvety appearance. Design of brown background with border of oak leaves in brown, beige, peach-red, radiating from center of each leaf. Large central curvilinear design with same colors radiating from center design, which is bordered in blue.

Comment

See also CA1890-26-2, nearly identical rug made by Mary Buell, who may or may not have been Anne Wadhams Buell's daughter.