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Quilt, Marseilles type

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The quilt, Marseilles type, is square with a light pink fabric background. The quilt has a border around all four edges. The border has a decorative stitch pattern. The stitching forms small connected triangles along the edges. The background fabric has a faint floral pattern. The quilt fills the image, with no background visible around it other than a thin dark border. A gray rectangle surrounds the image.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1800–1820
Medium:
Cotton, woven
Culture:
British
Dimensions:
416 × 624 px
Museum record:
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