Rug, “La Salle Wilton” Pattern

Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company

ca. 1928

wool

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Rectangular black wool rug with grey double border and central wreath of grey lattice pattern with abstracted lilies, blossoms and shapes in gradients of rust, orange and yellow; corners boast additional lattice pattern punctuated by orange circles. Lent by Yale University Art Gallery, John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959, 2010.158.12