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Rug with large rust colored floral medallion on tan ground. Center panel filled with multi-colored palmettes and rosettes in pinks, blues, oranges. Two narrow borders with blue plamettes connected by vines and flowers. Widest border has circular and oval medallion in a dark blue floral lattice pattern. The edges are bound in a woven cotton band. The fringe at the top end of the rug is white, the fringe at the bottom end is brown and uneven in length.
rugs
Tabriz
wool (textile)
cotton (textile)
Rug
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P613
FD225
Unknown
3/16 x 149 10/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1036
Persia (Asia) [historical region]
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