Coverlet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This light and dark blue wool double cloth coverlet is woven in two panels and seamed at the center. The ground is decorated with various floral motifs associated with the Dutch weavers of the Bergen County, New Jersey/Rockland County, New York, area. The border is composed of birds and tree motifs alternating with vases of flowers. Each of the four corner blocks is decorated with a single large sunflower. The piece has a natural fringe along the bottom.

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