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Bed rugg

Eunice Williams Metcalf (American, born about 1775)
1790–1800
Object PlaceLebanon, Connecticut, United States
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave embroidered with wool
Dimensions246.5 x 216.5 cm (97 1/16 x 85 1/4 in.)
Credit LineSusan Cornelia Warren Fund
Accession number1980.447
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceProbably made by Eunice Williams Metcalf (b. 1775) of Lebanon, Conn.; owned by Mary Josephine Hoyne Block, descendent of the maker; purchased from Cora Ginsburg by the museum
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