Wholecloth coverlet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This coverlet consists of four panels of green printed cotton stitched together. Two are full panels, each measuring twenty-five inches selvedge to selvedge. The piece has no filling, backing, or binding. The top and bottom edges of the corner ends of the piece are partially machine stitched, and one side is unfinished and has a torn edge.

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