Antique Gift Sized Hooked Rug With Elephants & Tree Pictorials - Rug & Kilim

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This 2x3 antique hooked rug is an exciting new addition to Rug & Kilim’s Antique collection—a charming folk-art masterpiece, handmade … Read more This 2x3 antique hooked rug is an exciting new addition to Rug & Kilim’s Antique collection—a charming folk-art masterpiece, handmade in wool and believed to originate circa 1920-1929.

On the Design:

This hooked rug showcases an enduring fascination with exotic wildlife through its charming depiction of an elephant and its calf as the central motif. From the collections of Y & B Bolour, connoisseurs will appreciate the folk art stylization that captures the gentle essence of the creatures with their characteristic trunks and tusks rendered with delightful naivety against a striking sunset background. The framework achieves remarkable balance through the strategic placement of the animals in profile, moving gracefully across the oval field toward a solitary palm tree. The colorway employs a bold, heavily striated palette typical of expressive folk art from the period, with bands of deep rust, warm orange, and sandy beige dominating the sky and providing excellent contrast for the solid black elephants.

The landscape elements are depicted through stylized, linear color blocking, creating a vivid, almost painterly context that suggests a sweltering savannah setting bordered by a simple, grounding green foreground. This piece represents an important category in early 20th-century hooked rug history—the celebration of distant lands and exotic animals that captured the imagination of domestic households. The elephant, with its distinctive silhouette and association with strength and wisdom, makes it a particularly interesting and highly collectible subject choice, offering a heartwarming and historic anchor for any eclectic space.

Condition:

This antique hooked rug enjoys good condition for its age and origin. See less