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Bedcover Depicting the Five Senses

1675/1725
Silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss in chain stitches; backed and lined with silk, plain weave; edged with silk, warp-faced plain weave with extended ground weft fringe; silk tassels
278.7 × 197.3 cm (109.7 × 77.7 in)

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