
Coverlet, Wheel of Fortune pattern variation
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
This Summer and Winter coverlet is woven of undyed cotton and dark blue wool in two panels and seamed at the center. It has natural woven fringe along the bottom border and applied woven fringe on the left and right sides.
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.