Lot 1014
  • 1014

Rare Chenille-Shirred Rug on Homespun Cotton, Massachusetts, Circa 1805

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • homespun cotton
  • 32 1/2 by 71 in.
sewn on a homespun ground.

Condition

Scattered losses, urn may have contained, at one time, a piece of fabric inscribed "to the memory of", now lost.
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