被子 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	被子
品名（英）	Quilt
入馆年号	1987年，1987.63
策展部门	欧洲雕塑和装饰艺术（European Sculpture and Decorative Arts）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1820 - 公元 1850
创作地区
分类	刺绣纺织品（Textiles-Embroidered）
尺寸	宽 89 3/4 英寸 (228 厘米), 长 8 ft. 8 3/4 英寸 (266.1 厘米)
介绍（中）	拼布绗缝通常与美国联系在一起，但在欧洲也有传统，尤其是在德国和英国。这种棉被顶部使用的不同图案的印花棉的数量从1790年代到1820年代不等，这表明制造商可以获得样品书或样品。尽管如此丰富的面料提供了一个设计机会，但每个样品的小尺寸可能会受到限制。然而，制造商将这一挑战转化为一种力量。对于一些六边形，图案是从几个图案中切割出来的，并并置在一起，以达到可控的万花筒效果；其他的是由相同设计的不同颜色组合组成的。在外部防护边界中，每个帐篷状的形状都是由不同的织物制成的；这可能指示了普遍的样本量。大型花卉图案和中央鸟类采用了一种不同的技术"broderie perse"，即从较大的釉面印花棉中去除图案，并在棉被顶部绣上圆领刺绣，这种刺绣也用于花茎。在被子顶部的背面，用作切割导轨的六边形纸模板中出现了一些旧纸币和信件。
介绍（英）	Patchwork quilting is usually associated with America, but it also has a tradition in Europe, particularly in Germany and England. The number of differently patterned printed cottons used in this quilt top, ranging in date from the 1790s to the 1820s, suggests that the maker had access to sample books or samples. Although such a wealth of fabrics offered a design opportunity, the small size of each sample could have been limiting. The maker, however, turned this challenge into a strength. For some of the hexagons, motifs were cut from several patterns and juxtaposed for a controlled kaleidoscopic effect; others were composed of different color combinations of the same design. In the outer guard borders, the tentlike shapes are each made of a different fabric; that may perhaps indicate the prevalent sample size. The large floral motifs and the central bird are executed in a different technique, "broderie perse," in which the forms are removed from larger pieces of glazed printed cotton and applied to the quilt top with crewel embroidery, which is also used for the flower stems. On the back of the quilt top, bits of old bills and correspondence appear in the hexagonal paper templates used as cutting guides.