Sarouk Carpet

Wool on cotton foundation, the central berry red field with blue and tan floral sprays, the wide border with repeating palmette and foliate motifs.

10 ft. 6 in. x 13 ft. 6 in.

From the Historic Collection of Limestone University, Gaffney, South Carolina
Limestone College, now Limestone University, was founded in 1845 in Gaffney, South Carolina, by English-born Baptist minister Dr. Thomas Curtis and his son William. Originally established as the Limestone Springs Female High School, it was among the first women’s colleges in the nation and the very first in the state. The institution found its early roots in a former resort hotel near healing springs, later struggling due to the Civil War and Reconstruction. It revived in 1881 as the Cooper‑Limestone Institute, thanks to benefaction from industrialist Peter Cooper, and adopted the name Limestone College.

Loss to fringes, with false fringe applied to one end and glue crustation from previously applied false fringe to other end; knot pop-ups; one corner with loss and reinforcement fabric glued to back.