Yarn-sewn Rug
Attributedattributed to
Hannah Rosina Maynard Phillips
(American, 1826 - 1848)
Additional Title(s)
- Augustine W. Phillips Yarn-sewn Rug
Collections
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1830
Mediumyarn-sewn, chenille-shirred wool on linen
Dimensions54 1/2 × 63 × 1 1/4 in. (138.4 × 160 × 3.2 cm.)
DescriptionYarn-sewn and chenille rug; central 12-pointed snowflake motif within a multi-floral wreath, “Augustine W. Phillips” stitched at bottom on dark ground, probably Maine.
Credit LineJonathan and Karin Fielding Collection
Label TextSewn rugs, such as the three extraordinary examples seen here, added vivid color and ornate decoration to a home’s interior. They covered hearths in the summer, decorated tabletops, and cushioned the floor next to beds. As with fancy needlework, girls could learn “rug work” at school. The immense sense of accomplishment a woman felt upon completing a lively design is suggested in the rug Augustine W. Phillips’s wife Hannah Rosina Maynard Phillips made around 1845, in which she stitched her husband’s name with great pride. The pictorial hearth rug shown here is among the earliest dated yarn-sewn rugs known today.Status
On viewObject numberL2015.41.83
Ammi Phillips
ca. 1825 - 1830
Object number: 2016.25.106
Ammi Phillips
ca. 1825 - 1830
Object number: 2016.25.107