Early American Hooked Rugs

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early American Hooked Rugs: Gathered by Mrs. Edward O. Schernikow of New York City Large white rooster on grey-black ground, with border of wide stripes in blue and ivory. Size, 2 feet 10 inches x 2 feet 5 inches9 early american floral hooked rug A trail of flowers m crimson, blue, bright yellow and maroon en '7 closes cartouche of soft grey with brownish-black border. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.