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[Catalog of rug patterns], E. Ross & Co., Toledo, Ohio, 1891

Trade catalogue · not yet checked at the source

Made by: E. Ross & Co.
Date: 1891
Place: Toledo, Ohio
Held by: Winterthur Library
Themes: Hooked & handmade rugs, Trade catalogs & marketing, Hand-tufting tools & the gun

View at the source Cited in chapter 9, note 5

Cite this source

E. Ross & Co. “[Catalog of rug patterns], E. Ross & Co., Toledo, Ohio, 1891,” 1891. Winterthur Library. archive.org/details/catalogofrugpatt00eros.

Research notes

Mail-order catalog sold with Ebenezer Ross's rug machine; mostly patterns carried over from earlier catalogs, plus his own originals "Mastiff Dog" and "Lion and Palm" (later copied by Montgomery Ward and Sears). Winterthur Library copy, digitized on the Internet Archive.