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Quilt, Strip pattern

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The quilt, titled "Strip pattern" and created by an unspecified artist, is rectangular. The quilt is primarily composed of a repeating pattern of strips. The central strip features a light blue background with a dense, intricate floral design in shades of gold, brown, and green. Flanking the central strip are two narrower strips with a similar floral pattern but on a darker background that is predominantly green and gold. These are bordered on either side by even narrower strips featuring a gold background with a repeating oval and leaf pattern in green and brown. The outermost strips have a dark green background with a dense floral pattern in gold, brown, and white. The quilt is hung on a white wall.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1825
Medium:
Cotton
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
599 × 553 px
Museum record:
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