Rug
1775–1825
- Medium
- Wool, plain weave embroidered with wool yarn in outline, running, satin and stem stitches forming uncut pile
- Dimensions
- 93.9 × 173.6 cm (37 × 68 3/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
wool (textile)sheepflowersswansdeerneedlework - rugembroideryTextilefoliageembroideringplain weaving
About
The textural quality of this rug was created through embroidery stitches that form pile on the surface. This type of rug is a predecessor of the popular hooked rugs of the 19th century, which utilized a labor saving rug hooking tool and strips of fabric to create a textile that was the same on the front and back.