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Bedcover (Cigar Ribbon Quilt)

1880s
Silk, plain weave; screen printed, stenciled, and/or stamped ribbons; pieced and embroidered with silk in feather stitches; underlaid with cotton, warp-float faced 2:1 twill weave and batting; backed with silk, plain weave; machine-stitch quilted with silk
166.4 × 165.1 cm (65.5 × 65 in)

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