Research Collections
Date
1950 – 1975
Material
fibre, cotton; hair, sheep
Catalogue Number
102.02.0038
Description
A latch-hooked scatter rug depicting a moose walking in a sylvan setting. Close, thick, pile of wool yarn worked on large mesh cotton (?) rug canvas. Large brown moose at centre walking by aqua stream with evergreen trees and bushes behind in various shades of green, underneath a deep blue sky with…
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Title
Throw Rug
Date
1950 – 1975
Material
fibre, cotton; hair, sheep
Dimensions
2.5 x 72.0 x 144.0 cm
Description
A latch-hooked scatter rug depicting a moose walking in a sylvan setting. Close, thick, pile of wool yarn worked on large mesh cotton (?) rug canvas. Large brown moose at centre walking by aqua stream with evergreen trees and bushes behind in various shades of green, underneath a deep blue sky with white clouds scattered about. 4.5 cm wide brown border frames scene, edges finished with binding of dark green yarn, and 6.0 cm fringe at each end. Back of rug composed of small squares of colour where loops of yarn were knotted around mesh.
Subject
households
furnishings
crafts
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
102.02.0038
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