Sweet and Cheerful, Very Folky Hand Hooked Rug early trasferware A little paint loss and

A little paint loss and stains here and there

to all manner of paintings representing quite a range of styles

1900 or so I believe and think either Mexican or New Mexican—and she’s quite patriotic feeling now in her red white and blue

(And what a wonderfully

Approx 3/8" x 5/16"

Sweet and Cheerful, Very Folky Hand Hooked Rug early trasferware A little paint loss andI haven't much delved into world of hooked rugs, though I very often admire them. Two today, though the other antique, text based, and really quite a thing, but this one charmed me like a kid's crayon drawing: naive and improvisatory feeling, and a very homey one to come home to. I especially love all those kind of random bits of brown and black white fabric, together making the center area feel rather like a walled garden, with one bright pink rose