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Tapestry with a solid green velvet border over a panel with a repeating design of a row of blue peacocks, brown lions, and spotted leopards. All the animals are separated by large flowers and curved green and gold leaves. The edges are bound in a braided rope of green, pink and cream. The backing is a solid pink with embroidered diamonds. There is a row of hooks on the reverse for hanging.
tapestries
cotton (textile)
velvet (fabric weave)
silk (textile)
Tapestry
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
P121
Unknown
13/16 x 49 4/16 x 100 7/16 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.544
Title Tapestry Accession Number 2006.44.545
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