Wool Rug
1998
20th Century
19 1/2 in. x 29 1/2 in.
Miss Jennie Stark,
b. 1901
Object Type:
Decorative Art
Medium and Support:
wool
Credit Line:
Florence Griswold Museum; Gift of the Artist
Accession Number:
1999.11
A small hand-hooked wool rug made by Jennie Stark in her 97th year. Miss Stark learned rug hooking from her mother and has been making rugs since she was a young girl. This particular example of her work shows a multi-colored striped background framing a center picture showing a farm scene.