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Bed Rug

M. B. American
1809
Not on view
This bed rug is needleworked in looped running stitch, which has been cut to form a pile surface on the light brown/ochre woven wool base. The base is made of three panels of fabric, sewn together at their selvedges. The bed rug is decorated with a central pattern of branching flowers stemming from a single vase, along with a border of large flowers and twisting vines in shades of rust brown, light brown, yellow beige, and moss green with a black background.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bed Rug
  • Maker: M. B.
  • Date: 1809
  • Geography: Probably made in Connecticut, United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Wool embroidered with wool
  • Dimensions: 102 x 99 3/8 in. (259.1 x 252.4 cm)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1913
  • Object Number: 13.207
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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