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Button Rugs have their roots dating back to the early 1800's when they were called Penny Rugs.
Penny rugs were originally made in the 1800s. Women gathered scraps of wool or wool felt from old clothes or hats and used coins as templates to create designs for mats and rugs. Each decorative wool "penny" was applied in a blanket-stitch fashion to a wool background. Sometimes, the pieces were backed with burlap bags or feed sacks and a penny was stitched under one of the circles to weigh it down and make it lie flat
Early penny rugs were often used as decorative coverings for beds, tables and mantels. Claire Murray has recreated this design in the finest of 100% wool yarns in a multitude of sizes and shapes called Button Rugs.
The Claire Murray Button Rug Collection
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