Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Rug |
Catalog Number |
2004.21.5 |
Maker |
Keller, Lelah Holton |
Date |
ca. 1945 |
Material(s) |
Wool/Cotton |
Dimensions |
H-38.75 W-60.25 inches |
Description |
This hooked rug has alternating rows of squares hooked with vertical and horizontal thin stripes. The stripes alternate colors from pink, yellow, green, red, black, brown, gray, blue, etc. Every other row of squares contains at a minimum of two and a maximum of three pieces of speckled brown hooked wool. The edges are bordered with 1/2" strip of dark brown hooked wool. There is an 1/2" strip of lighter brown cotton binding. The rug is machine stitched with monofilament and stapled in the corners (probably a later addition). On the reverse can be seen a wide dark green cotton binding (partially covered by newer binding) attached by hand with black thread. |
Notes |
Made by Lelah Holton Keller from Somerset. Her husband was Grady Keller. He was a telegraph operator for Southern Railway. Lelah and her mother Martha Louis Meek Holton made many items during the 30s and 40s including quilts, covers, tablecloths, table runners, lace doilies, and rugs. The colonial revival of the late 1920s created new interest in traditional crafts like quilting and making rugs. Hooked rug groups, became very popular, just like quilting bees. |
Collection |
Carlisle Keller Macdonald Collection |
People |
Keller, Lelah Holton Holton, Martha Lou Meek |
Subjects |
Rugs Crafts (Handicraft) Handicraft World War II |
Search Terms |
handicraft Crafts Somerset (Ky.) Pulaski County (Ky.) |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |