Crazy quilt, coverlet made by stitching irregular fabric patches together, either by appliqué or patchwork (piecing).
What also rather shocks us about this painting is how such violence can take place amidst these lovely stuffs – the jewellery, the coverlet that is falling from the plumped mattresses of the bed.
The rectory room where the pope slept has been kept largely as he found it 22 years ago, crested linens folded in the dresser, white coverlet on the bed, two chairs used by his security guards eternally stationed outside the bedroom door.
In all the threads, every member of staff warned guests against ever, ever, touching the "coverlet", duvet or remote.
A floral wedding coverlet from Mexico, features Chinese silk and European dyes; a sumptuous goldenrod bedcover, probably Italian, incorporates Bengali hunting motifs; a monumental tapestry, depicting the abduction of Helen in riotous blue and gold, was made in China for the Portuguese market.
He'd been so carefully attended, she thought — her warninghuman guests to watch for him on the coverlet,not overreact to his homely presence.She kept close guard, as was her nature,a kind of partner to help him make itthrough the cold.
One day I came home from school and found that the pink-and-white coverlet on my bed had been replaced by a tan blanket.
She hung pink curtains at the one window of her room and bought a lavender coverlet for the studio couch.
Her cheeks are flushed, her eyes are unnaturally bright; on the dark coverlet her pale arm has the whiteness of bone.
Only the wealthy could then afford the elaborately block-printed and hand-painted fabrics and the palampores, or Tree of Life coverlets, shipped by sailing vessels from India.
In 12th-century manuscripts, much richer bedsteads appear, with inlay, carving, and painting and embroidered coverlets and mattresses.
