Woven wool rug. The center panel consists of a single row or rosettes flanked on either side by stylized candlesticks. The outer borders are geometric in design. The sides are unbound. At each end on the revers there is a black canvas strip. The pile also runs across the rug.
rugs
wool (textile)
Rug
"SMITH A x B / 1299 / E RUG" (Stamped on reverse)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P050
Unknown
27 3/16 x 1/16 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.473
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