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Hooked rugs have advanced in the world, from the kitchen floor to the wall as art. There is a new generation of prostitutes, whose work will never be the bottom of a shoe. For an increasing number of prostitutes (yes, that's what they call themselves), coupling is like painting. Wool is the painting and the hook is his brush.

Similar to the paintings, it is now a wide range of hooked rug designs, modern forms of Stark folk scenes, landscapes subtle expressionist self-portraits. It was not always so. Rug Hooking was simply a way to use scraps of cloth very worn, even for duty cloth.

Farmers, fishermen and their wives, who migrated from northern Europe and settled in Canada and the New England coastline, probably introduced American art North. From Scotland, England, France, Scandinavia and Germany, they brought the tradition of handmade rugs, many of which are now considered a significant category of folk art. Then, as now, all that is required was a hook, strips of cloth or yarn, and a foundation material attached to a simple table four strips of wood bound.

Dating from the early 19th century, these rugs connected (different thread or sewing rag rugs) originated in the states of New England and Canadian Maritimes. They were primitive and utilitarian, made with pictorial designs, floral and geometric, often portrays a theme of life Manufacturer: a house, farm, farm animals, pets, birds and flowers. Wool, flannel, and cotton pieces were cut into 1 / 4 inch wide strips and then loop is pulled through a backing of hard tissue, such as burlap.

While these carpets were made with the same skill as schoolgirls or embroidery samplers and embroideries fine hooked rugs were utilitarian, made to hide dirt or wood floors or be subjected to the chimney. They were "the art of poverty," They did not were in good homes. If a rug was attractive, the better, but were intended to supply heat, and the women who were utilized what-ever fabric scraps they had and put them to work quickly. When collapsed rugs, throws.

The creator naive inspired designs flourished from 1830 to 1850, and circa-1860 pattern makers began printing and selling computers pre-printed on burlap rug, mass produced and lack the freer, less technically correct original motives. Patterned carpets were more symmetrical, less fanciful and more realistic, but many women added their own individual touches, and several carpet based on the pattern of each same could be very different.

By late 1800, the patterns are printed on burlap (the prostitute who shows how and fill areas where the color), allowing more complex designs to be created and reproduced. Rug Hooking became a flourishing crafts in the next half century, especially in the Northeast.

The evolution of boats hooked rug art produced as prostitutes began to explore and create more one-of-a-kind works. Today, these carpets have won appreciation among collectors and interior designers. Hooked rugs dating from the 1900s and early 1800 now can send thousands of dollars. Prices of the oldest and rarest of those 19th century carpets have reached the financial stratosphere. Interest and admiration of this art was dormant until 1976 pioneered the exhibition of hooked rugs, hosted by Joel and Kate Kopp (before Viva America) at the Museum of American Folk Art in New York. Whether as a hobby or a family heirloom, hooked rugs are back in America.

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