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Grenfell Hooked Pictorial Rug Ducks 4'5x3'4""

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Early 20th Century Grenfell Hooked Picture Rug with Flying Ducks. Made by Grenfell Labrador Industries, Newfoundland and Labrador. Dr. Wilfred Grenfell established the Grenfell Mission in the 1890's and then organized rugmaking into a cottage industry. Made of bleached and dyed rayon and silk strips hooked to a burlap backing. Large pictorial rug depicts several ducks in flight rising from the water with foliage and distant rockery. In very good condition. Tacked to a piece of wood (probably for hanging purposes) and has no vestiges of a manufacturers label attached to back. Measures 4' 5 ½" long x 3' 4" wide.

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