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Runner

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-175252

Description

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].

Details

Descriptive Terms

runners (floor coverings)
wool (hair)
Hamadan
Runner

Inscription

"Made in Iran. Rug No 1883. size 20' 28" (Sewn on label)
"7848" (Sewn on cotton label)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P271
FD018

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4/16 x 33 14/16 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.694

Places

Iran

Related Items

Title Runner Accession Number 2006.44.451

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