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Rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

GUSN

GUSN-197922

Description

A rag carpet that is woven together. The center panel has twenty-four squares with alternating flowers and x-shapes. The border is just a solid gray band that may have been a navy blue at one time. It has no fringe and no pound edges. All of the colors are very faded and dingy.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
cotton (textile)
Rug

Inscription

"WL 8139" (typed)
"88973" (printed)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P093

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

6/16 x 28 x 40 3/16 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.516

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