Embroidered whitework coverlet
Mary Walker Stith Jones
1815–18 · Cotton embroidered with cotton thread · The American Wing
Made of three lengths of cotton seamed together, this whitework coverlet is embroidered with heavy cotton thread in many different stitches. Some areas are decorated with drawnwork. The central design is a basket of flowers within a diamond-shaped medallion. The remaining ground is decorated with meandering floral vines. There is a woven fringe on three sides.
- Artist
- Mary Walker Stith Jones
- Date
- 1815–18
- Medium
- Cotton embroidered with cotton thread
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Fletcher Fund, 1939
