Rug Hook
circa 1840 – 1860
Wood, Metal
Wood, metal
Measurement Notes: 4 3/4'' L x 3/4'' W
Rug making is an art form where yarn is looped through a stiff woven base. The loops would be pulled through a base made of burlap, linen or rug backing through use of a crochet style metal hook and usually with a wooden handle.
Rug hook, probably handmade, with unpolished wooden handle and metal shank with hook. The wooden handle is rounded at the end. Shank has a metal ferrule, connecting to the wooden handle. Shank is square near the handle and tapers in towards the hook end.
Piece of paper with typewritten note reads, "4. 'Given to me [Olive B Russell] by Mrs Haynes of W. Newbury, Mass., it had been her mother's. Well over 100 years old."
On verso of note are pieces of yellow, brittle masking tape.
Rug hook, probably handmade, with unpolished wooden handle and metal shank with hook. The wooden handle is rounded at the end. Shank has a metal ferrule, connecting to the wooden handle. Shank is square near the handle and tapers in towards the hook end.
Piece of paper with typewritten note reads, "4. 'Given to me [Olive B Russell] by Mrs Haynes of W. Newbury, Mass., it had been her mother's. Well over 100 years old."
On verso of note are pieces of yellow, brittle masking tape.
Gift of Mrs Ruth Lorenzo
1970.1.4