Carpet
- Object Name:
- Carpet
- Object ID:
- 1980.046.11
- Date:
- 1880-1910
- Description:
- Woven carpet. Stylized floral designs in shades of tan and orange on blue ground. See folder for use in house.
Machine-woven cut-loop pile carpet fragment. Wool pile, cotton warp and weft. The design features large-scale water lilies on a watery blue background. (The depiction of the flowers and leaves is bit more ruffled than a true water lily.) The sides are selvedge and the ends are bound with dark blue twill tape (the ends were finished in 1981, according to attached tag). The rug is seamed; the selvedge width is 27 inches. - Material:
- Textile
Wool
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-40.25 L-58 inches
- Provenance:
- From house at 432 North State Street, Concord, NH, built in 1887 by John B. and Ellen Giles and purchased by James and Joan Jeffrey in 1963.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joan Jeffrey
- People:
- Giles, Emily, Giles, John B.
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