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RM1044  STYLE OF JAMES L. AND MERCEDES HUTCHINSON OF NEW YORK PICTORIAL HOOKED RUG WITH MERMAIDS AND WRY HUMOR rectangular form, worked in colors including greens, reds, beige, tan, blues, pink, brown, grey, and mustard, inscribed OVER THE BOUNDING WAVE/ WHAT COULD BE MORE/ DELIGHTFUL/ TO THE EYES OF A LONELY/SAILOR MAN/ ALTHO [sic] THIR [sic] SNARES ARE SPITEFUL, rugs were designed, then commissioned and sold by James and Mercedes Hutchinson, later emulated by others such as this one, approx. h: 34 3/4 x w: 55 1/2 in