Piece

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Beige rectangular piece of fabric with a repeating pattern of brown and green birds on branches. The fabric has a rough, aged appearance with darker beige and brown spots and discoloration around the edges. Two brown and white spotted birds with reddish-brown heads are centered on the fabric, perched on branches with their tails extending downward and to the left. Two flying birds, one on the left and one on the right, are depicted in mid-air, one with a brown body and the other with a green body. Green plants with small blue flowers are scattered throughout the fabric. The background of the fabric is a light beige color.