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Kashan rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1900

GUSN

GUSN-197803

Description

Wool woven rug. Center panel has a flowering vase design with birds and palmettes at the top corners. It has a herati border consisting of a band of continuous rosettes and palmettes liked by floral motifs. The ends are reduced and the edges are bound in blue.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
wool (textile)
Kashan
Rug

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P036
FD020

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

40 3/16 x 4/16 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.459

Places

Persia (Asia) [historical region]

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