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Tapestry lining for tester (ciel for lit à la duchesse en impériale)

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Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch 8-11 per centimeter)
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Kingdon Gould in memory of his mother Edith Kingdon Gould 1923
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Title: Tapestry lining for tester (ciel for lit à la duchesse en impériale)
Description:
Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch 8-11 per centimeter).

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