Lot Details
Lot 239
Yarn-Sewn Wool on Cotton Hooked Pictorial Rug
New England, circa 1810
Depicting a basket of flowers on a tripod table at center with two trees and small lamps in a landscape, within a meandering border to three sides. Approximately 2 feet 2 inches x 4 feet 10 1/4 inches.
Provenance:
Ronnie Newman Collection, Saddle River, New Jersey
America Hurrah Antiques, New York
Betty Sterling Collection
Jan Whitlock, Centreville, Delaware, March 2005
Illustrated in American Hooked and Sewn Rugs: Folk Art Underfoot, by Joel and Kate Kopp, p. 20 pl. 11., and The Magazine Antiques, "Sewn Not Hooked" Whitlock, March/April 2012.
Yarn-sewn rugs were typically used to cover tables, chests, or the hearth. The use of hearth rugs in America began around 1800. The rug makers typically did not have academic art training. The oversized basket of flowers centering the rug with miniature lamps in the landscape show the bold use of space and fantastical designs used by the amateur artist.
C Property from the Estate of a Private Collector
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