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Oval form, braided with polychrom silk knit strips (cut-up silk hose); the predominant color is navy blue; the braids are sewn together.
rugs
braiding
silk (textile)
Rug
Rug
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
35 x 31 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1370
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