Bed rug
Object · not yet checked at the source
- Made by
- Attributed to "M. B."
- Date
- 1809
- Place
- Connecticut (probably)
- Held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Number
- 13.207
- Materials
- wool
- Size
- approx. 102 × 99 in.
- Themes
- Early tufting: bed rugs & needlework pile
Cite this source
Attributed to "M. B.". Bed rug, 1809. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 13.207. metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=13.207.
Research notes
Rogers Fund, 1913. The Met's notes stress that the pile is needleworked, not hooked, a distinction once misunderstood. That makes it a direct technical ancestor of hand tufting. The Met also holds a 1796 bed rug with an Indian Tree of Life motif shared with a Historic Deerfield rug.