Fabulous Old Checkerboard Folk Art Hooked Rug, 29 x 48 Inches antique corkscrew with a 1873 patent date

with a 1873 patent date

but it will do)

The paper shows wear

but the hair samples themselves are stitched onto the blue paper so I might be wary to try to remove them entirely

Fabulous Old Checkerboard Folk Art Hooked Rug, 29 x 48 Inches antique corkscrew with a 1873 patent dateThe more I'm out looking at things, the more the fields of things attracting me grows. Hooked rugs are not something Ive dipped into much, in part because the very singular ones I really fall in love with tend to be well beyond my reach. But then theres one like this, just all about color and pattern and labor, satisfying to my eye like building blocks and color charts, and tactile to boot. I of course also love it for its moments of disruption and