American Hooked Rug

An American Hooked rug from the early 20th Century, with a fabulous colourful design, a central motif and intricate and well constructed stripe background.  The rug is full of beautiful colours in the stripes and the border with four stars, one in each corner, in excellent condition all over.  A wonderful and rare little decorative rug woven in 1910-1920 made with strips of fabric, making it around 100 years old today.  It would look wonderful on the floor in a bedroom or low traffic area, or hung on the wall as piece of art.

These interesting hooked rugs made in North America began in New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces in first 1/4 of the 19th century. It was during this period, that carpets were being imported from Persia, India and Turkey by wealthy Americans.  It was less wealthy women who then decided to make their own rugs for the floor, creating these wonderful hooked rugs with left over fabric and using purchased fabrics cut into long strips specifically for that purpose. As beautiful Persian rugs in particular were desired by the wealthy, everyone wanted them.  Generally the lady weaving the rug, created their own pattern, making each piece unique.

In 1864, Edward Sands Frost, of Maine began stencilling hooked-rug designs which he sold from a peddler’s cart. By the time he retired in 1876, he had cut about 750 stencils, these are now owned by the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village. His designs included lions, tigers, leopards, dogs, cats, birds, deer, floral patterns, and patterns adapted from Oriental rugs.

Purchase this exquisite American hooked rug via our website and we shall safely courier it to your home.  Or please do request a home visit or book in a showroom visit to view the antique rug up close if you would prefer.

Farnham Antique Carpets are specialists in antique decorative carpets, rugs and runners. Varying from antique tribal rugs woven in the Caucasus to classical Persian carpets dating from the mid 19th century to the early 20th century.

As members of the BADA - The British Antique Dealers Association and LAPADA - The Association of Art & Antique Dealers we adhere to strict guide lines as affiliated members and pride ourselves on maintaining its high standards. We exhibit at the BADA fair in Chelsea, London every March and the LAPADA Fair in Mayfair, London every September.