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Bed rug
Bedcover
Attributed to: Eunice Williams Metcalf (American, born about 1775)
1790–1800
Object Place: Lebanon, Connecticut, United States

Medium/Technique Wool plain weave embroidered with wool
Dimensions 246.5 x 216.5 cm (97 1/16 x 85 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Susan Cornelia Warren Fund
Accession Number1980.447
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionBed rug with central motif of five flowers growing from oval cartouche containing tulips, surrounded by large scrolling vine with large roses, carnations, and tulips. Natural wool plain weave foundation embroidered in running stitch with cut pile in shades of brown, green, off-white on background of yellow.
ProvenanceProbably made by Eunice Williams Metcalf (b. 1775) of Lebanon, Connecticut; owned by Mary Josephine Hoyne Block, descendent of the maker; purchased from Cora Ginsburg by the Museum