Rectangular carpet with green field; black designs made up of five borders; outer border of alternating small and large angular stylized floral medallions; second a Greek key variant; third a narrow black band; fourth a larger bolder Greek key variant; fifth a black band.
area rugs
jute (fiber)
wool (textile)
key pattern
Wool
Jute
Greek Key
RUG
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
Scandanavia
35.5 x 61.75 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.801
Possibly
Possibly
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].