Antique Hooked American Rug 2358
Style: Hooked
Origin: America
Size: 3. ft 07 in x 5. ft 07 in
Antique American Hooked Rug, circa 1900 - American hooked rugs
typically have simple geometric designs or pictorial imagery steeped in
homespun primitive charm. This example, however, is off the charts in
its quality of drawing and design, its use of rich color, and in its
exotic subject matter. A black jaguar or panther crawls stealthily
across a bough, growling in defiance. He is surrounded by lush tropical
leaves and flowers rendered in saturated pungent tones of orange, red,
green, and mauve, against the cool lavender aubergine ground. This
would be a remarkable painting. As an American vernacular or folk art
rug it is simply incomparable.
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