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Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

Late 19th century

GUSN

GUSN-179700

Description

Rug with oval center medallion filled with flowering vines, pink, white, and blue on dark blue ground. Field around medallion is also filled with flowering vines. Two narrow borders of red and pink flowering vines on pink ground. One wide border of pink and blue palmettes on ivory ground. Edges are bound in pink. Back of rug has cotton strips sewn into each edge and diagonally in each corner.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
wool (textile)
cotton (textile)
Rug

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P029
FD19

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

40 9/16 x 2/16 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.452

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