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Embroidered Carpet (the "Caswell carpet")

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Made by: Zeruah H. Guernsey Caswell
Date: 1832–35
Place: Castleton, Vermont
Held by: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Materials: wool
Themes: Early tufting: bed rugs & needlework pile, Hooked & handmade rugs

View at the source Cited in chapter 2, notes 23, 24, 25

Cite this source

Zeruah H. Guernsey Caswell. Embroidered Carpet (the “Caswell carpet”), 1832–35. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/13576.

Research notes

Signed with initials and dated 1835. Includes a detachable hearth rug section. The Met questions how much of the base cloth and yarn Caswell made herself. Lent to the American Folk Art Museum's 2007 "Great Cover-Up" exhibition.