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Bedcover

18th century
Silk, warp-faced, weft-rib, plain weave; moire finish; embroidered with silk in satin ad stem stitches; borders: silk, gauze weave; starched; embroidered with silk in satin and stem stitches; edging: attached at all four sides of borders; warp-faced, weft-rib, plain weave with discontinuous wefts; wefts form loop fringe

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In the collection of Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · as of July 2026

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