Antique American Hooked Wool Rug, Origin: America, Circa Date: 1920
Broad coral bands run the length of the rug, looping around a column of oval panels. Each oval is filled with horizontal stripes — brown, tan, oatmeal — and no two rows are quite the same width or the same wool. Cream crescents sit where the coral meets the ovals.
It is hooked rather than knotted: the wool is pulled through the backing in loops, and those loops are still standing, which gives the surface a ridged, corduroy feel. The geometric repeat is drawn large for the size of the piece, with nothing small anywhere in it.
At 1 ft 7 in by 3 ft 8 in it is a small rug — a doorway, a bedside, or a piece to hang. Price is available on request. The same design can be worked at room scale as a custom rug.
