COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.38.59
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Textiles
Creator Name:
Furman Warner Williams, Sarah
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Name-CRT:
Sarah Furman Warner Williams
Title:
Coverlet, appliqued
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
ca. 1803
Creation Start Date:
1801
Creation End Date:
1805
Materials and Techniques:
Linen, cotton, silk
Dimensions:
103 1/4 x 90 1/2 in. (262.3 x 229.9 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
38.59
Credit Line:
Gift of Catharine E. Cotheal, 1938
Context:
Made in about 1803 for Phebe Warner of New York, this bedcover's design relates more closely to eighteenth-century sources than to those of the nineteenth century. The maker was influenced by the central flowering-tree motif common to popular imported Indian bed hangings, called 'palampores,' as well as by the pastoral landscape needlework pictures often worked by young women. The coverlet's linen ground is appliqued with large patterned chintzes and printed linens, as well as smaller-patterned cotton calicos and plaids, most of which were made in England.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ad38.59.24.R.tif
