As the potential to marry expands due to the increasing legality of same sex marriage worldwide, personalize any trip down the aisle for a groom and groom, bride and bride, or even a bride and groom with a memorable gift to cushion that happy walk - an antique hooked rug or rag carpet runner. It’s a great present that the couple will use at their wedding and long after in their home, always a heartfelt reminder of the long-anticipated day.

NYC Americana dealer Laura Fisher of FISHER HERITAGE has gathered an eye-catching variety of 19th and early 20th century antique runners to enliven the wedding day. There are traditional runners hooked with geometric, floral or pictorial motifs, and loom-woven rag carpet runners in plaids, vertical stripes, or all-over striations. 

Choose something that will delight the happy couple and will intrigue wedding guests. Fisher’s well-edited choices include runners that range in width from about 1 ½’ wide up to 4' wide, and vary in length from 7' up to 21’. Some rag carpet rolls run 45' long and can be cut down afterwards into several shorter strips to be sewn together to make a room size carpet.

The real beauty of antique hooked rugs and rag carpet is their color variegation stemming from the variety of materials used to make them, and their graphics. Fisher’s originals have an unmatched liveliness and depth, making them a unique antique gift choice for modern times.

The antique hooked and rag carpet runners include: 

•  a rare mid 19th century runner with a cobalt vine, rose and white leaves and flowers, 16” x 21’
•  a variegated wool rag runner from Maine with salmon, green, red and navy twists measuring 2'2 x 18'
•  a beige ground hooked runner with colorful leaves down the center
• classic Amish-made rag woven carpet rolls with variegated backgrounds, in stripes or plaids
•  A 19th century runner with a maple leaves double border
•  a variegated rag runner in sunset colors that can be cut and joined into a room size rug -  a fantastic find at a length of 45’7”
• a flamestitch runner in brilliant colors of yellow, aqua, adobe, 1'5" x 15'
• a hooked runner with nautical motifs and personal images of home ,in seaside coloration, 2’7” x 15’
• a ‘crazy shards’ with zigzag border hooked runner in navy blue and camel, unusually long at 2'10" x 17'9"
• a log cabin with bowtie intersections hooked runner in neutrals with red, 2’11” x 7’4”
• a cheery basketweave hooked runner, rotated striped squares, 3'4"x 8'8"
• a concentric diamonds and tweedy greige squares hooked runner 

Contact Fisher’s mobile phone 917/797-1260, or email us at  fisherheritage@yahoo.com with your needs.

To see possibilities, please arrange an appointment at our Chelsea warehouse location any day of the week between 10 and 6