# Rug

- By: United States
- Date: 1775-1825
- Medium: Wool, plain weave embroidered with wool yarn in outline, running, satin and stem stitches forming uncut pile
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: 93.9 × 173.6 cm (37 × 68 3/8 in.)
- Culture: United States
- Credit line: Sundry Account Fund
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/109229)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/b8541da5-96ca-007f-3fe4-42d9efe4fb62/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.

Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0