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Quilt center

John Hewson

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a central floral arrangement in a vase. The vase is tall and narrow with a flared base and mouth. The arrangement contains red flowers with green leaves. Curving stems extend from the vase, on which are small birds and more flowers. Butterflies are scattered around the design. There are four plants with red berries and birds perched on them, two on the left and right sides. The background is light brown with darker brown spots.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1790
Medium:
Cotton, printed
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 564 px
Museum record:
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