Sold for:
$28,290
$28,290
Wool Bed Rug "Joseph and Olive Abbott," Connecticut River Valley, dated March 22, 1775, worked in black, blue, green, and salmon yarns depicting meandering vines issuing flowers and grapes, with scallop and banded border and fringed edge, the upper center stitched with the names and date, wd. 83, lg. 88 in. Provenance: Deaccesioned from the Eric County Historical Society, 1996; sold Sotheby's, October 19, 1996, Lot 30; sold Sotheby's January 16, 2004, Lot 345; acquired by the present owner from the above.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-08-10
