Fabulous Old Checkerboard Folk Art Hooked Rug, 29 x 48 Inches curious book with a gold grip around

with a gold grip around the handle

with a little burning to the tips of the feathers on his headdress as well

And then too there were multiple generations of Dummers who had their hands in all of this

together with the way the wear progresses toward the point

Fabulous Old Checkerboard Folk Art Hooked Rug, 29 x 48 Inches curious book with a gold grip aroundThe more I'm out looking at things, the more the fields of things attracting me grows. Hooked rugs are not something Ive dipped into much, in part because the very singular ones I really fall in love with tend to be well beyond my reach. But then theres one like this, just all about color and pattern and labor, satisfying to my eye like building blocks and color charts, and tactile to boot. I of course also love it for its moments of disruption and