{"product_id":"cu-978-antique-american-hooked-rug","title":"CU-978 - Antique  American Hooked Rug","description":"Hooked rugs are an American creation. They are primarily a folk craft in which burlap sacking is used for the foundation and yarn or shredded fabric is pulled through by a hooked tool to create a pile and pattern. The sizes of early pieces are generally small limited by the dimensions of the burlap sack. They may be pictorial  figural  abstract  and geometric or a mix of all. They are a creation first of New England and later the rural mid-west. This attractive example has a vertically marbled field created by strips of fabric. In this way old clothes or bedding were usefully recycled. The ivory border is decorated with squares of solid color providing a firm frame to the shifting  watery field pattern. The folk artist accumulated fabrics in various colors until enough were available to create this poly-chrome effect. Many hooked rugs are darker with fewer colors. This one is particularly lively.","brand":"locrugs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48101212782784,"sku":"CU-978","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/7028\/7808\/files\/CU-9781.jpg?v=1775201785","url":"https:\/\/locrugs.com\/products\/cu-978-antique-american-hooked-rug","provider":"locrugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}