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Article: Folk art underfoot: remember the old saying, "use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without?" Well, it's particularly appropriate for the time-honored craft of rug-hooking.(TEXTILES)
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- Antiques Roadshow Insider
- Article date:
- February 1, 2007
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Hooked rugs, the most distinctive folk art you'll find, were produced with humble materials. Like the pieced quilts that rank as America's other traditional textile treasure, hooked rugs were often made of scraps and worn-out or out-grown garments.
Home rug-making began as a craft of thrift practiced by country women whose homes otherwise would have had only bare (and cold) boards underfoot. The earliest American home-made floor coverings were small mats produced from scraps that were sewn onto a linen backing, or braided into strips that were then joined into rounds or ovals.
Rug restorer, conservator, and author Jessie Turbayne reminds us that hooked ...