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Coverlet for a bed (Lit à la duchesse en impériale), Beauvais, ca. 1780–90, Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch, 8-11 per ce…
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Coverlet for a bed (Lit à la duchesse en impériale)

Beauvais · ca. 1780–90

Medium
Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch, 8-11 per centimeter)
Dimensions
Overall:: 10 ft. 10 in. × 10 ft. 2 in. (330.2 × 309.9 cm) Central Tapestry Panel: 85 × 65 in. (215.9 × 165.1 cm)
Accession
23.235c
Credit line
Gift of Kingdon Gould, in memory of his mother, Edith Kingdon Gould, 1923
Culture
French, Beauvais
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