Embroidered blanket

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The dark blue twill-woven ground of this blanket is embroidered in heavy white cotton thread with economy stitches and stem stitches. The central area is decorated with large medallions. Three sides are bordered with embroidered vines, and the top edge has small embroidered leaves. The piece is made of two panels of fabric, which have been seamed at the center.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art