Friday, July 19, 2019

Gloria Vanderbilt's Hutchinson Rugs...

Have you seen the 2016 - HBO documentary: Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper? At about 19 minutes info the film, Gloria recites a poem she wrote & there are 2 shots of hooked rugs in her Southampton, New York home. One of those rugs was "The Childrens Party" attributed to James & Mercedes Hutchinson.




You can view the documentary on Amazon or:  https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/nothing-left-unsaid-gloria-vanderbilt-and-anderson-cooper  Here is a snippet with the rugs...


See more Hutchinson rugs at this year's "Antique Hooked Rugs" Exhibit at Rug Hooking Week at Sauder Village, Archbold, Ohio, August 14-17, 2019. These Hutchinson rugs were not exhibited in the 2016 Hutchinson Exhibit. For more info on this exhibit:  https://saudervillage.org/classes-events/special-events/rug-hooking-week/exhibit/special-exhibits

For more info on James & Mercedes Hutchinson, check out the Rug Hooking Traditions - Book Series, here's our website:  https://rughookingtraditions.com/ 
To order the books, here we are on Etsy:  https://traditionsco.etsy.com