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Bedcover
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
A square bedcover with a wide border on all sides, a central medallion and smaller medallions in each corner, with an allover floral lattice ground. The central medallion contains a double-headed eagle and the corner medallions each contain a fantastic beast. The outer borders are linked repeats of an S-shaped floral vine. All executed in light gold color flax thread on an off-white ground.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionCredit lineBedcover. 16th century. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Phyllis Henriquez Hecht Gammon and Edward Henriquez Hecht in memory of Mrs. Anita Henriquez Hecht and museum purchase through bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane. CC0.
