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The image displays a textile square with a dark purple border and a light cream inner square. There are decorative elements on the cream panel, including two stylized leaf-like shapes (one red and one green) and a textured stick-like element above them. A branch with yellow flowers extends from the bottom left corner onto both the cream and purple sections. The color palette consists of deep purple, cream, red, green, and yellow. The red and green leaves are centered on the inner square, while the yellow flowers and their stem angle diagonally from the lower left corner towards the center in the layout.
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The image displays a textile square with a dark purple border and a light cream inner square. There are decorative elements on the cream panel, including two stylized leaf-like shapes (one red and one green) and a textured stick-like element above them. A branch with yellow flowers extends from the bottom left corner onto both the cream and purple sections. The color palette consists of deep purple, cream, red, green, and yellow. The red and green leaves are centered on the inner square, while the yellow flowers and their stem angle diagonally from the lower left corner towards the center in the layout.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Applique Coverlet (Detail)

Adolph Opstad

Date
1941
Medium
watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 61.1 x 45.9 cm (24 1/16 x 18 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: 12 1/2" long; 13" wide
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.2556
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Louisville
  • American
  • embroidered
Inscription

lower right in watercolor: ADOLF OPSTAD

NGA object ID 14765. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.