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Prayer rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-172747

Description

Wool prayer rug. Central panel is a pointed rectangle on a yellow ground. Design band at top and bottom of central panel, two major borders around perimeter. Colors consist of red, yellow, white, pale blue, hot pink, orange and gree. Short, uneven fringe at both ends.

Details

Descriptive Terms

prayer rugs
wool (textile)
Turkish
Rug, Prayer

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P006
FD142

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

50 13/16 x 2/16 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.429

Places

Turkey

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