Rug

Woven rug, Hancock, MA

Object ID:
1960.11486.1
Community:
Massachusetts, Hancock
Description

Cotton rug warm sett at 10 epi. Weft is thin strips of wool rag in a repeating pattern. Both ends have a wide border stripe: 10 shots blue, 3 shots light blue, two shots tan, three shots light blue, ten shots blue, repeat on opposite end. Mid-section of rug is alternating stripes of blue and tan, two shots each. Weaver carried the weft threads along the edges, blue on left edge, tan on right. A 1 1/2" woven cotton heading on each end has been folded over and hemmed.

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Shaker Museum Rug. https://shakermuseum.us/object/?id=20198. Accessed on November 26, 2024

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