Ebenezer Ross of Toledo: a mechanical punch hook (1886) and mail-order rug patterns
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- Date
- 1886–1891
- Themes
- Hand-tufting tools & the gun, Hooked & handmade rugs
Cite this source
“Ebenezer Ross of Toledo: a mechanical punch hook (1886) and mail-order rug patterns.” Research note. christies.com.cn/lot/lot-1709610.
Research notes
Christie's lot note credits Ross with a mechanical punch hook in 1886 and the 1891 pattern catalog. Very likely the same Ebenezer Ross as US patent 463,548 (1891), the tool the Susan Burr copies. Confirm the patentee's residence (Toledo) on the patent itself. Confirmed by the patent scan: US463548 names Ebenezer Ross of Toledo, Ohio, improving his own 1881 patent US251381 (then of Wauseon, Ohio).