Fabulous Old Checkerboard Folk Art Hooked Rug, 29 x 48 Inches antique corkscrew I'm a huge fan of

I'm a huge fan of the pitcher as a form (plus a pretty pitcher can always double as a vase)

with a 1873 patent date

and I'd bet that was the case with this one

The striking contrast between the wood of the matchsticks and their charcoal tips

Such a beautiful form

Fabulous Old Checkerboard Folk Art Hooked Rug, 29 x 48 Inches antique corkscrew I'm a huge fan ofThe more I'm out looking at things, the more the fields of things attracting me grows. Hooked rugs are not something Ive dipped into much, in part because the very singular ones I really fall in love with tend to be well beyond my reach. But then theres one like this, just all about color and pattern and labor, satisfying to my eye like building blocks and color charts, and tactile to boot. I of course also love it for its moments of disruption and