(EDUCATION) CARVER GEORGE WASHINGTON Small hooked rug made b

Sale 2342 - Lot 281

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Estimate: $ 3,500 - $ 5,000

(EDUCATION.) CARVER, GEORGE WASHINGTON. Small hooked rug made by George Washington Carver, 8-1/4 inches in diameter; with an original silver print sepia toned photograph 6-1/4 x 8-7/8 inches of Dr. Carver in his Laboratory, circa 1920. Handsomely framed and double-matted. Tuskegee, circa 1917

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The recipient of this little hooked rug was George Brashear, at the time a senior at Tuskegee, just about to graduate in the class of 1917. Brashear was a track and football star at Tuskegee, but he was also a fine musician, and went on to play with Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson and other top bands. Mr. Brashear donated this rug to Thomas Moore's National Black American History Museum in 1975 It was later de-accessioned after Mr. Moore's passing and acquired by a private collector.