Sarouk Carpet

Wool on cotton foundation, the berry red field with clusters of blue and green floral and foliate motifs, the wide border with repeating vase and flowers motifs, within minor borders.

12 ft. x 14 ft. 5 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 fringes glued on; knot pop-ups.