Coverlet for a bed (Lit à la duchesse en impériale), ca. 1780–90

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Coverlet for a bed (Lit à la duchesse en impériale), ca. 1780–90, French, Beauvais, Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch, 8-11 per centimeter), Overall: H. 85 × W. 65 in. ( × cm), Textiles-Tapestries, As its full-size domed canopy is suspended from the ceiling rather than supported on posts, this tester bed, which bears the stamp of the menuisier Georges Jacob, is a type called lit à la duchesse en impériale

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Size: 4266px × 4560px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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