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.
rugs
cotton (textile)
Rug
"WL 8139" (typed)
"88973" (printed)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P093
Unknown
6/16 x 28 x 40 3/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.516
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