Antique hooked rugs

Hope you enjoy the show and inspires you to brush the dust off your hook. The last group of rugs had many hooked horses so I'll start with this one ~ Blue eyed horse hooked 1900 with blotchy background (32 x 42). Wondering where the blue eyes are, you can see it more clearly in the picture of the back of the rug. Also those blotchy backgrounds occur with fading as you can tell it looks mostly very dark in the original colors shown from the back view. A straighted background with horses…

I've returned home, unpacked and I'm catching up. The following photos are from this year's AMAZING rug show at Sauder Village. Kathy Wright and her team did it again, with lots of hard work, they brought us another year of incredible rugs, great classes,workshops and vendors. There were 711 hooked pieces [which include the ones hanging in vendor booths] that continue to inspire and delight the eye. Each year the show gets better and better, beautifuls colors and textures. I wish I could…

16 p., ill., 25 cm, trade catalog

Lot 1095 - Abstract Geometric Hooked Rug - Estimate 400-600 USD

Yeah, figure it's about time since the photos are accumulating in that folder. Recently told you about finding more rugs hooked by Barbara Merry and her daughter Nancy Gertrude Scott. Here is one, a wonderful Whaling Scene which is more detailed than other Nancy G Scott rugs. A Round chair pad of house with floral border, 37" diameter dated 1920. Sad this sweet cat rug is in such disrepair. No date or dimensions provided. A bear measuring 20 x 39.5 but no date. A lone bird rug hooked 19th…

Floral designs and scenes are illustrated in the catalog. The business carries frames, hooks and materials. The patterns illustrated are: No. 20 - Welcome Threshold Rug; No. 24 - Flower Basket and Check; No. 1 - Jack Spratt and Wife or, Polly Put the Kettle On; No. 2 - Swan and Butterfly; No. 3 - Welcome Threshold Rug; No. 10 - Beautiful Floral; No. 101 - Naval Engagement Series; No. 16 - Old American Houses; No. 11 - Welcome Threshold Rug (Cats at Play); No. 200 - American Boy Series; No…

Wonderful prim rug!

What you are looking at is an amazing c1920 American hooked rug. This dynamic piece of folk art features a motif of a cottage surround by an apple tree, a willow, horse, chicken, birds in trees and th...from

Lucille Festa had always been interested in antiques. But it was when Lucille was studying women’s history in America that hand-hooked rugs drew her in.

Barbara E. Merry Hooked Rug for sale in auction. Auction Number 3278M, Lot Number 1060. Bid on similar items for sale at auction