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Bedcover

Art Institute of Chicago

Artwork Details

Date
c. 1720/40
Medium
Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and coils of silver-metal strips; laid work, couching, and padded couching with silk-wrapped bast fiber and paper forms; wool fiber batting; backed with linen, plain weave; three widths joined
Culture
England
Public Domain
Yes
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