Lot Essay
A similar hooked rug from Pennsylvania and featuring a dog named "Prince," is illustrated in Kopp, American Hooked and Sewn Rugs (New York, 1985), p.83, fig.130.
AMERICAN, DATED 1880
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A WOOL HOOKED RUG
American, dated 1880
Rectangular, worked in various browns, black, cream, red and turquoise blue centering a seated black cat surrounded by four small black kittens, flanked on either side by the initials "CD," and above by the date 1880
27½ x 43½in.
American, dated 1880
Rectangular, worked in various browns, black, cream, red and turquoise blue centering a seated black cat surrounded by four small black kittens, flanked on either side by the initials "CD," and above by the date 1880
27½ x 43½in.