Nets-and-bubbles textile

Nets-and-bubbles textile

Associated Artists

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The abstract, sophisticated pattern and slightly shiny surface of this silk-and-cotton fabric made it appropriate for both rustic and urban interiors. In a 1905 photograph of Mark Twain and his wife playing cards in their well-furnished Hartford home, a large pillow covered with the nets-and-bubbles fabric is clearly visible.

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.