Embroidered and stuffed whitework quilt
Unknown
ca. 1720 · Linen embroidered with linen thread · The American Wing
This whitework bed cover is decorated with both quilting and surface embroidery. The central ground is quilted in a basket weave pattern, with a floral medallion in the middle and shell motifs at each corner. The wide border of floral and shell motifs is surrounded by quilted strapwork. The piece is embroidered in a variety of stitches, and in some areas the linen embroidery threads have been woven over and under each other to make lacelike designs over the surface of the quilt.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1720
- Medium
- Linen embroidered with linen thread
- Culture
- British
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Rogers Fund, 1935
