American Period Furniture in Museum Collections
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Bed
"Lotus" pattern bedcover or hanging
Morris & Company|May Morris · late 19th century
Medium
Silk embroidery on woven silk foundation silk, with fringed trim
Dimensions
Overall: 8 ft. 6 in. × 80 in. (259.1 × 203.2 cm)
Accession
2017.178.1
Credit line
Gift of Jessie and Charles Price, 2017
Culture
British
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