A Hooked and Clipped Hearth Rug, Late 19th Century
Status:
Closed
Estimate: $500 - $800
Estimate$500 – $800
Status
Closed
A Hooked and Clipped Hearth Rug, Late 19th Century
Depicting a family of swans under a flower arbor, worked with wool fabrics and yarns on burlap ground. 38 x 52 inches.
This lot is located in Philadelphia.
Provenance:
Property of a Philadelphia collector.
Sam Cowan is the Associate Vice President, Head of Sale, Interiors Interiors by Freeman's.
Sam has spent his life in the auction industry, accompanying his father, Wes Cowan to auctions, trade shows and eventually to his own eponymous auction house, in the mid-1990s. He joined his father’s auction house, Cowan’s, full-time in 2012 in the Arms and Armor department and as a fine and decorative arts specialist, a department where he would ultimately become director. Sam has an interest in 20th century design, pottery, early advertising, historic Americana and antique firearms. He is a licensed auctioneer in three states and is a featured appraiser on The Antiques Roadshow.