Stencil

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The image shows a stencil by an unknown artist. The stencil is rectangular with rounded corners and a brown border. The border is darker brown around the edges and lighter in the middle. The stencil has a repeating pattern of identical shapes. The shapes are made up of two curved lines that meet in the middle, resembling an 'X' with curved arms. The shapes are arranged in rows, each row having the same pattern, and are cut out of a brown material, presumably metal. The background of the image is white.