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Rug

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1890-1950

GUSN

GUSN-288728

Description

Nearly square wool rug with two diamond shaped guls within large blue hexagon on red field patterned with blue and turquoise rosettes. Rosette border on blue with diagonal quadrilateral guard on each side.

Details

Descriptive Terms

rugs
wool (textile)
Rug

Associated Building

Original To Nickels-Sortwell House (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Middle East

Dimensions

66 x 63 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Frances Sortwell

Accession Number

1958.316

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