Throw rug from the Rock Rest Tourist Home
date: label: Date
content: after 1979
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A throw rug from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The rectangular pink throw rug has a green band around the edges and white fringe at the two short ends. There are designs depicting military items including grenades, a submachine gun, handguns, jeeps, tanks, and helicopters woven into the short pile rug. Between the military designs are repeating daisies with solid or multicolor petals in planters, quatrefoils, X marks, and crosses. The designs are woven in reds, tans, browns, yellows, and blues set against a mauve pink background. The black-outlined green band around the edges is accented with a row of repeating daisy heads with multicolor petals. The white fringe on the short ends is knotted. The backing is a tufted reverse image of the front design.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: Afghanistan, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Craftsmanship
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Textiles and Quilts
label: Classification
content: Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.10
objectType: label: Type
content: throw rugs
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Unknown - Restrictions Possible
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: dye on wool (textile)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 3/8 × 50 13/16 × 30 11/16 in. (1 × 129 × 78 cm)