Applique and Quilted Coverlet

Manuel G. Runyan

National Gallery of Art

This is a painting of a patterned floral design. The painting features a symmetrical arrangement of stylized flowers with large wavy petals in shades of brown, encircling central green elements with star-like yellow centers. Each flower is surrounded by small red bud motifs connected by thin green stems. The background is textured with wavy lines. Along the edges, crescent moon-like green and orange shapes add to the decorative border.