Hooked Rug

c. 1936

Elizabeth Valentine

Associated Names
Elizabeth Valentine

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a floral textile design with an oval pattern in the center surrounded by large flowers in shades of red, pink, and purple. The color palette includes red, blue, pink, yellow, and green with some darker outlines. The design features smaller flowers and foliage surrounding the center motif, with an elaborate border framing the entire piece. Intricate loops and intersecting lines in red and purple are present along the edges of the rectangle enclosing the floral motif.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite on paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 21.8 x 29.5 cm (8 9/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 62" long; 35" wide

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.254

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 532, no. 1981.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: E. Valentine

Wikidata ID

Q64558858

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