Rug with center panel of diamond shaped lattice and six sided mihrab arch in dark blue on ivory ground. Each opening in the lattice is filled with a multi colored stylized flower. Multiple borders: three multi colored floral on blue ground; one with multi colored squares with center diamond. Edges are bound in red. Appraisal identification as a Daghestan prayer rug. "S.W. Phillips" tag sewn on reverse.
rugs
prayer rugs
wool (textile)
Dagestan
Rug
S.W.Phillips (Printed on tag)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P019
FD442
Unknown
46 8/16 x 3/16 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.442
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