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Textiles
Medallion Rug
American artist, (active )
American artist
United States
Primary
27 1/4 x 66 1/2 x 3/8 in. (69.2 x 168.9 x 1 cm)
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overall
overall
Wool
Wool
late 19th century
1867
1899
19th century, circle, color, rugs
Textiles
Hooked rugs are among the most enduring forms of American folk art. Although commercial pattterns became available in the late 1860s, earlier designs were the product of the maker’s own imagination and circumstances. The rugs were typically crafted by women, often using worn scraps of material and homemade dyes, who sometimes copied examples made by friends and neighbors. We can imagine that the person who designed this particular rug was a farmer’s wife, proud of her livestock and the variety of flowers she grew in her garden. The fact that some of the medallions have lost their edges suggest that it has been cut down from its original size due to wear.
[Label text from It Came From the Vault exhibition, 2013]
1952.5
item
Memorial Art Gallery
9/8/1999
52.5SL1
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full
2 x 2
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52.5SL2
slide
detail
2 x 2
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52.5DI#1
digital image
4/17/2008
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52.5DI#2
digital image
Detail
6/11/2009
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52.5DI#3
digital image
Detail
6/11/2009
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