Wholecloth stenciled coverlet

Wholecloth stenciled coverlet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This one-layer coverlet is made of three lengths of white cotton fabric that are seamed together. Red, yellow, and green paints are stenciled on the surface M a pattern of nine medallions with a surrounding border of flowers, fruit, and birds.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.