A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. A visual pair to rug #27490. A bold ecru shield medallion features two full faces flanking a bug palmette. Four similar faces, each on a long neck, slant inward from the sides of the abrashed coral field. Two secondary palmettes are set below. Small birds, rosettes, and other formal devices are scattered throughout the field. A sand strip-style main border shows simple palmettes and leafy diagonal bars, with zigzag minor borders.