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This is possibly one of the earliest surviving examples of the bedspreads that Greek maidens on the island of Crete traditionally emroidered for their wedding night. For most of the 17th century, Crete was a Venetian colony, which explains the western costumes of many of the figures seen here. The double-headed eagle was part of the coat of arms of the last Byzantine imperial dynasty; after the Fall of Constantinople in 1453 it became an emblem of the Orthodox Church (cf. Walters 57.791, 57.1042, 57.1083).
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