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Runner

Collection Type

  • Textiles

GUSN

GUSN-197881

Description

Woven wool hall runner with the center panel containing sixty-seven rows of botehs alternating by a row of ten then a row of eleven on a red field. there are six borders. The first border on the outer edge and the fifth border have a red field with connecting green leaf shapes. The second and the fourth borders have dark blue fields with red and green flowering meandering vine design. The third border has an ivory field with dark blue and red geometric shapes. The sixth border has a light blue field and band of multicolored rosettes. The edges were original bound in a rust color.

Details

Descriptive Terms

runners (floor coverings)
wool (textile)
cotton (textile)
Runner

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P068

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

2/16 x 39 6/16 x 193 12/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.491

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