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Bed Cover
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Bed Cover

anonymous · c. 1700 - c. 1720 · chintz; printing; weaving; chintz; cotton (textile)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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The Amsterdam city coat of arms is painted in the centre and four corners of this bedspread: an oval shield with three crosses. This is the only known chintz cover with a city's coat of arms. The earliest mention of an armorial chintz dates from 1614, when the Dutchman Wemmer van Berchem sent a batch of chintzes from the Coromandel Coast to Pieter Both, Governor-General of the VOC in Batavia. The fabric was decorated with Both's coat of arms.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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bed coveringbedspreadblankettextile materials
Credit lineBed Cover. c. 1700 - c. 1720. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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