hooked rug
Report a Mistake- Date Made --
- Event --
- Affiliation Canadian
- Artist / Maker / Manufacturer --
- Object Number A-421
- Place of Origin Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec, Municipality - Saint-Hilarion, Township / District - Charlevoix
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada, Province / Territory - Quebec, Municipality - Saint-Hilarion, Township / District - Charlevoix
- Category Furnishings
- Sub-category Floor covering
- Department History
- Museum CMH
- Materials Textile
- Person / Institution Associated historical figure, Barbeau , Ph.D, Dr. Charles Marius
- Measurements Length 147.3 cm, Width 80.0 cm
- Caption Hooked Rug, ca. 1930, artist unknown
- Additional Information Hooked rugs often depict everyday events, family pets, and rural scenes such as this one, where farm animals mix freely with wild animals in a setting that evokes both the "joie de vivre" of country life and a close bond with nature. [Canadian Folk Art (Hull: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1998).]