Oriental Area Rug

Wool on cotton foundation, the midnight blue field with central lobed medallion, the field with lattice of foliate motifs, with red and blue spandrels, the main red border with sinuous palmette motif within minor borders, with false fringes attached.

4 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. 2 in.

From the Estate of Dr. Charles & Shirley Herring, Kinston, North Carolina

A few scattered areas of pile loss; one corner with major curling; loss of original fringes, with false fringes applied.