16 x 19" multicolored wool fringed area rug. The white fringe is along the long sides of the rug. The background color of the rug is grey, except one side which is a tan color. The design has three stripes of brown and two stripes of green, and is continuous over all of the stripes. The design is geometric and consists of many swirls and straight lines.

All items donated were gifts to Ariadne Beck and her mother in the 1960's (1964). All items were created in the 1950's while the creators were in their 30's.

The donor's father (George Nicholas Plumis) is from Garazo, Crete. He came to the U.S. in 1912 and stayed in New York and New Jersey at a wholesale and retail Italian Grocery. The donor was born in New Jersey. The donor's mother (Panagiota "Beatrice" Drevas) came to the U.S. in 1912 from Peloponese and was a custom dress maker. The family moved to southern California for father's illness in 1954.

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