Quilt, wholecloth calamanco

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The top, back, filling, and quilting thread of this calimanco quilt are all made of wool fibers. The top is of a glazed red wool; the back, of a tan unglazed wool; the quilting thread is dyed red-orange. The top is composed of four lengths of fabric, stitched together horizontally. The piece is decorated with a central diamond-quilted panel, with surrounding borders in diamond, fan, and circular patterns.

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