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Bed hanging, blue-resist textile, ca. 1725–75, Cotton, painted and block-printed resist, dyed
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Bed · America

Bed hanging, blue-resist textile

Maker unknown · America · ca. 1725–75

Medium
Cotton, painted and block-printed resist, dyed
Dimensions
Original measurements: 80 x 39 1/4 in. (203.2 x 99.7 cm)
Accession
54.59.2
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. Reginald P. Rose and Franklin Benkard, 1954
Culture
American
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