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Rug with center panel of twelve rows of multi colored latched diamonds on dark blue ground. Multiple borders: multi colored eight pointed stars on faded red ground; serrated leaf and wine glass border on ivory ground; multi colored eight pointed stars on blue ground. Edges bound in dark brown. Cardboard tag identifies rug as "Cabistan" also spelled Kabistan, Kubistan, or Kuba.
rugs
Kuba (Caucasus)
wool (textile)
cotton (textile)
Kuba (Caucasus)
Rug
Cabistan (Handwritten on paper tag)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P020
Unknown
41 15/16 x 4/16 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.443
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