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Quilt

17th century
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
The three-masted ship at the center of this rare silk quilt celebrates Europe’s newfound mastery of the seas. Although it probably was made in a Mediterranean country, perhaps Italy, its overall design—a central image surrounded by hunting motifs (metaphors for power and conquest) and portrait medallions—relates to embroidered Bengali bedcovers

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Quilt
  • Date: 17th century
  • Culture: Southern Europe
  • Medium: Silk with cotton filling
  • Dimensions: 101.5 x 87 in (257.8 x 221 cm)
  • Credit Line: Winterthur Museum, Gift of Henry Francis du Pont
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing