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In the collection ofMetropolitan Museum of Art

Lining for the headboard of a bed (Lit à la duchesse en impériale)

Beauvais

In the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art

Maker

Beauvais

Date

ca. 1780–90

Medium

Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch, 8-11 per centimeter)

Dimensions

H. 38 × L. 63 in. (96.5 × 160 cm)

Form

Bed

Culture

French, Beauvais

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Accession

23.235f

Credit line

Gift of Kingdon Gould, in memory of his mother, Edith Kingdon Gould, 1923