Embroidered coverlet

Unknown

ca. 1720 · Linen embroidered with wool · The American Wing

This linen coverlet is embroidered with multicolored wools in satin stitch, long and short stitch, buttonhole stitch, stem stitch, and a variety of filling stitches. It is composed of four panels, each about 371/430 inches, with a band of twelve small pieces stitched together along the top. Each large panel is embroidered with flowering trees of life, upon which birds are perched. The piece is backed and bordered by new, machine-stitched linen.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1720

Medium

Linen embroidered with wool

Culture

American or British

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Gift of George Coe Graves, 1924