Hamadan style runner with center panel of a repeating diamond and rosette pattern on red ground. Floral rosette border on dark blue ground. The edges of the runner are bound in red. The top end of the runner has fringe and the bottom end has a woven cotton band. This runner rotates yearly with 2006.44.451 [P28].
runners (floor coverings)
wool (hair)
Hamadan
Runner
"Made in Iran. Rug No 1883. size 20' 28" (Sewn on label)
"7848" (Sewn on cotton label)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P271
FD018
Unknown
4/16 x 33 14/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.694
Iran
Title Runner Accession Number 2006.44.451
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