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Phebe Warner Coverlet

Sarah Furman Warner Williams

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a coverlet with a central design and a border. The coverlet is rectangular and made of fabric. The central design features a large brown vase or urn with a scalloped edge, situated on a brown surface. The vase has a patterned design and contains a tree-like arrangement of branches with leaves and flowers in shades of pink, yellow, blue, and green. Two birds are perched on either side of the vase. A dog and several sheep are positioned on the brown surface below the vase. The border of the coverlet is beige with a blue zigzag pattern along the inner edge. The border features a floral design with leaves, flowers, and vines in shades of green, pink, red, and blue. The overall color palette of the coverlet includes beige, brown, blue, pink, yellow, green, and red.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1803
Medium:
Linen and cotton
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
556 × 624 px
Museum record:
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