Table Cover

Edith Magnette

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a decorative quilt or textile design. The artwork displays a scene featuring houses, trees, and figures in flowing dresses at the edges of a rectangular border. The scene is symmetrically designed with four houses at each corner. Soft pastel colors like pink, purple, blue, and green dominate the scene. The figures hold umbrellas and there is a picket fence in the design. The design is enclosed within a light blue border, suggesting it may be intended as a decorative textile piece.