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Woven wool Kurdish rug. The center panel has a yellow eight-pointed star in the center. The star is in the center of an aqua rosette. There is a yellow rosette at each corner of the star. There is a tree of life design at each end of the center panel. In each corner are diamond shapes with triangle wings. The ends of the border have a t-head pattern and the sides have a simple meander design. The edges are bound in light purple.
rugs
wool (textile)
cotton (textile)
Kurdish
Rug
"7506-13 / Kurd" (Handwritten paper tag formerly attached to the lower right corner.)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P070
Unknown
3/16 x 31 15/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.493
Persia (Asia) [historical region]
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