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Woven wool rug. The center panel has a mihrab that as rosettes on it. To the right of the mihrab is a comb. The rest of the panel contains multi-colored hanging lamps. There are three borders. The inner and middle borders are very geometric in style. The outermost border is a band of multi-colored rosettes. At the bottom of the rug there is a strip in which the inner most borders do not match up correctly. The edges of the rug are bound in red.
prayer rugs
wool (textile)
Rug, Prayer
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P052
Unknown
45 11/16 x 2/16 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.475
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