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Rug with red center medallion surrounded by a field of multi-colored flowers and tree shaped stands of rosettes on a dark blue ground. Multiple narrow borders of meandering vines and rosettes. Widest border has alternating multi-colored rosettes and palmettes separated by serrated leaves. Edges are bound in dark blue. Rug has a very short pile. Identifed by appaiser as a Kashan Garden Design rug.
rugs
Kashan
wool (textile)
cotton (textile)
Rug
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P038
FD144
Unknown
2/16 x 51 3/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.461
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