Chintz appliqued quilt

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This quilt has a central flowering tree of appliquéd chintz, surrounded by appliquéd blue and pink calico vines, swags, and sawtooth and scalloped borders. The outermost border is shell quilted, while the inner area is quilted with roses, leaves, vines, and grapes. There are some modern replacements to the chintz areas. A cotton fringe is attached on three sides. The back is of plain white woven cotton.

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