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Bedcover
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Bedcover

England · c. 1720/40 · 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

From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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satin weavingpaper (fiber product)textilewool (textile)silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silklinen (material)silk (textile)embroideringcouching (embroidering)quiltingplain weavingneedlework (visual works)
Credit lineBedcover. c. 1720/40. England. The Art Institute of Chicago, Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment. CC0.
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