Quilt
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- W. 89 3/4 in. (228 cm), L. 8 ft. 8 3/4 in. (266.1 cm)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, Gift of Adele Pharo Azar, in memory of her late husband, Jemile Wehby Azar, by exchange, 1987
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Flora Both · 99%
The catalog lists flowers as the subject, and the image shows numerous floral motifs distributed across the central field and surrounding border.
Visual Qualities
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Patterns Visual · 99%
The quilt combines repeated floral, striped, checked, dotted, plaid, and geometric textile patterns across its central field and borders.
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Dense Composition Visual · 99%
Hundreds of small patchwork and floral units occupy nearly the entire surface, leaving relatively little unornamented space.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 99%
The image reveals intricate small-scale patchwork, varied textile prints, stitched floral details, and numerous ornamental motifs.
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Geometric Visual · 97%
The central field is organized by repeated hexagonal units, while diamond-shaped floral panels and stacked bands structure the border.
Time Periods
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19th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog date range of 1820–50 places the work in the nineteenth century.
Materials
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Natural Fibers Metadata · 98%
The catalog identifies cotton and wool, both natural fibers, as materials in the work.
Textiles
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Textile Arts Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the work as a quilt and embroidered textile, and the image clearly shows a constructed, stitched textile surface.
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Embroidery Both · 98%
The catalog specifies wool crewel embroidery, and the image shows stitched floral designs on the pale diamond-shaped panels.
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Use of Fabric Metadata · 99%
The recorded medium is cotton with wool crewel embroidery.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Quilt. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.