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"Earth and Sky"

Another estate acquired rag rugs. These rugs are a charming piece of Americana, and they speak well of the frugality of another generation whose creativity was put to use creating everyday items. As with all of my shop's rag rugs, this was made and kept by a lady from the Virginia and southern Maryland area, and who lived to age 100! Her grand-daughter-in-law has shared that she stopped making them in the 1960's, so most will be antiques.

This small round rug is crocheted with all knit material - a combination of cotton and synthetic fabric knits in heavy and medium weights. The end effect is interesting in that the rug has two different textures due to the different fabric weights. Because the finer fabric is used towards the center, the texture there is more open, with a more "lacy" effect. This provides a bit more "fluidity" of the rug, which means it can take on interesting asymetrical shapes, if you so wish. But, at the same time, you might want to put this rug on either a non-skid surface such as unglazed tile or cement, on top of a thin carpet, and use a thin rubber rug pad underneath on non-carpeted areas that are more slippery such as glazed tile and glossy wooden floors. (photo #5 shows the asymetrical look and reverse side.)

Because of the synthetic fabric and the aforementioned age of the maker of this rug, I'm estimating that most likely this rug dates to the late 1950's or early to mid 60's. The fabrics, while synthetic, have the colors of vintage 60's fabric.

This is a nice rug for the those who are looking for a splash of color and interest in their decor. It would be well suited for a cottage style, country, early American home, Victorian utility spaces, and even select contemporary homes. It would be especially charming in beach, country, or mountain homes and cottages with vintage decor.

Please note that this is a rug that would probably not be appropriate for someone in a suburban setting that is looking for a glamor piece. However, if you are looking for something with a primitive theme with a lot of rustic character, this will be more appropriate for your setting.

The fabric makes it good and rugged, and, it will last for decades provided it's kept from direct sunlight and out of the elements.

The colors used in this rug are as follows:

Ivory/ecru/orange/brown print
Ivory/pink/turquoise print
Pink/navy/amber print
Solid deep violet
Solid Ivory (with a bit of dye bleed from the other colors).
Solid fuchsia
Solid Turquoise
Grass green/hot pink/light violet/ivory print
Chestnut brown/umber/ochre print with splashes of turquoise and peach

This rug has been used, but still retains it's original bright colors and has a lot of use left. There is a bit of curling on the outer edge, but the edges will lie down after put into place.

The fabric is still strong and intact, and other than a few stray threads, there is really no noticable wear. There are no thin or weak spots, holes, tears, odors and so forth. I've washed this rug, and while it's old, it's now sparkling clean and sweet smelling.

Round in shape, measuring approximately 31", (78cm), across.

To clean, hand wash in cool water or in a front load machine on the "hand wash" cycle. Rinse well, machine spin, lay flat to dry in a well ventilated area, (out of direct sunlight).

From a clean, non-smoking home.

Shipping wt. 3 lb 6 oz.
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