An essay by W. W. Kent on the design qualities of early American hooked rugs, arguing that the primitive work of anonymous farm and village makers, especially in Maine and Nova Scotia, offers ideas for modern rug and carpet design. It is illustrated with ten plates of hooked rugs with captions giving size, motifs, colors and collections. Kent also discusses the origin of hooking, citing his book The Hooked Rug, Scandinavian practice and the possibility that Coptic shaggy fabrics were hooked.