Black rectangular rug made out of wool. It has a thick gray border followed by a smaller outline on the inner portion. The corners have an abstract basket weave design also in gray. The rug is showing some wear and may have had a lighter color in the past. The basket-weave pattern is cut in the corners and has a small circular red accent on each of the inner portions of the patterns. At the center of the rug is a floral wreath in an abstract rendition. Its details are in red, yellow, and red-yellow gradients. At the back of the abstract flowers, following the direction of the wreath, is an oblong shape made of the basket-weave design similar to the ones found on the corners.

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Object ID #907214275

This is a Rug. It was manufactured by Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Yale University Art Gallery as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

It is dated ca. 1928. Its medium is wool.

In this rug by major American manufacturer Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company traditional French designs of a floral wreath and basketwork patterning have been flattened and abstracted for the modern consumer. As a result of market research, the company began to offer rugs such as this one in modest sizes to suit apartment living.

It is credited Lent by Yale University Art Gallery, John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959, 2010.158.12.

Carpet For Radio City Music Hall (USA)
wool.
Gift of Mrs. Robert Blasberg in memory of Robert Blasberg.
1987-69-1

Drawing, Design for Carpet: Still Life with Musical Instruments, Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY

Drawing, Design for Carpet: Still Life with Musical Instruments, Radio City...
brush and gouache, graphite on cream wove paper, lined.
Gift of Donald Deskey.
1975-11-73

Drawing, Textile Design: Venusgärtchen [Venus' Little Garden]

Drawing, Textile Design: Venusgärtchen [Venus' Little Garden]
brush and gouache, graphite on paper.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
1988-62-682

Our curators have highlighted 2 objects that are related to this one.

Square drawing in gouache with an overall pattern design of what appear to be stylized, elongated guitars (shaped like stretched out figure-8’s) positioned at different angles. Most of the guitar bodies are cream with orange necks/fret boards and cream tuning pegs. A few have cream bodies and necks (no distinguishable fretboards) with orange tuning pegs. The background and the sound holes are chocolate brown. The ends of the guitar necks bend to their right. Some of the guitars are drawn in loose perspective with a part of one side or a bottom visible. The sides are rendered with simple orange accents which against the cream suggests some kind of shadow. There is a sense of musicality to the layout - the relative brightness (cream color) of the flat sinuous guitar shapes facing different directions comprise the main motif and keep the viewer moving throughout the pattern; the contrasting linearity of the necks and the orange accents create a sense of dynamism, and the sets of tiny tuning pegs (3 on each side of the neck) interspersed throughout the pattern are like delicate trills. The instruments seem cartoonish, with not realistic guitar proportions, however their various sizes, shapes, and positions serve to pleasantly fill the space.

Object ID #18640379
brush and gouache, graphite on paper, lined.
Gift of Donald Cameron.
1992-51-55

Tapestry
wool.
Collection of the Newark Museum, Gift of the Contemporary Club of Newark,....
40.2016.2

Its dimensions are

68.58 x 137.16 cm (27 x 54 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2oaHcr/
Accession Number 65.2016.2
Object ID 907214275