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Bed cover, 1730–60, Silk

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Bed

Bed cover

Maker unknown · 1730–60

Medium: Silk
Dimensions: 10 ft. 4 in (greatest length). × 10 ft. 5 in. (315 × 317.5 cm) Loom width: 22 in. (55.9 cm)
Accession: 55.217.82
Credit line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1955
Culture: Italian, Genoa

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