Embroidered bed hangings

Embroidered bed hangings

Ruth Culver Coleman

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This work is composed of nine different-size panels of embroidered fabric; some panels are woven exclusively of linen, and others are of a linen/cotton fabric. The piece is embroidered with the same stitches as 61.48.1 in floral motifs in multiple shades of blue wool.

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.