Rugs All Marked Out at Saco Museum

Rugs All Marked Out Travels to Saco Museum

The Maine State Museum's popular exhibition, which features the work of Maine entrepreneur Edward Sands Frost, travels to the Saco Museum for a special showing this winter. The exhibition opens in Saco on January 13 and will be on view through March 24.

Edward Sands Frost launched a rug-pattern business in Biddeford, Maine, in the mid-19th-century. Originally presented at the Maine State Museum in 2006, Rugs All Marked Out features rugs, burlap patterns, and metal stencils from the Maine State Museum's collection. The original exhibition will be enhanced with Frost rugs and patterns from the Saco Museum's own collections, all recent acquisitions. Also on view will be modern hooked rugs by members of the Maine Tin Pedlar, a group of local hooked rug artists named in honor of Frost.

An opening reception will take place at the Saco Museum on Friday, January 13, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This reception is FREE and open to the public.

Check the Saco Museum website for additional information.