Cushion cover

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This cushion cover is a splendid relic of Tudor domestic design. Impressive in scale, its repeating pattern of roses, carnations, pansies, peapods, and grapes remains bold and vibrant. This panel exemplifies the color and texture that cushions brought to interiors from manor houses to palaces. Skilled amateurs and professional “silkwomen” alike decorated these covers to furnish wooden benches, stools, and even luxurious floor cushions.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.

Metropolitan Museum of Art