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Bedcover

H x W: 264.2 × 191.1 cm (8 ft. 8 in. × 6 ft. 3 1/4 in.)

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Bedcover made from five breadths of narrow fabric. Dark blue with soft shades of rose, yellow-orange, pale green and gray-violet. Design shows a large bird with widely-spread wings, long tail feathers and foliage. It is known as the Hou-ou Bird and the Paulownia Tree. The colors, now faded, were put in by hand after the ground was printed. The outlines of the bird's wings and lines in the feathers

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Bedcover

Bedcover with side borders and bolster. The central section shows a center medallion framing a scene of Venus rising from the sea attended by nymphs, cupid, and doves; dolphins swim in the sea in front of her. Below and above are festoons with flowers, cattails and ribbons. Wide side borders have two festoons each of flowers and cattails. Nestled in the festoons are additional scenes of Venus in a

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Bedcover

H x W: 227 x 149 cm (7 ft. 5 3/8 in. x 58 11/16 in.)

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Bedcover

H x W: 218.4 × 205.1 cm (7 ft. 2 in. × 6 ft. 8 3/4 in.)

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Quilted and lined bedcover. The principal fabric on the face is a roller printed adaption of two plate printed fabrics, one being the Favre Petitpierre fabric showing the oath of the Horatii, the other based on an image of the battle of Thermopolye. The panel on the right is pieced with a small piece of Jouy's roller printed "Monuments of Egypt" and a red and white block print. The back of the cov

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Bedcover

Unlined bedcover made of two full widths and part of another of printed fabric with fringe on four sides. Pattern composed of two stripes. The wider a flowering tree on a blue background. 17.5cm. wide and the other 8.5 cm. wide with an urn of flowers on a white background. Two groups of stripes are half dropped with an additional section of each on left and right to fill width of fabric.

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Bedcover

White-on-white bedcover with a wide border on four sides patterned by twisting ribbons and flowers. Center circular medallion with eight radiating points. The spaces between the points are filled with pairs of doves. The outer edge of the medallion is completed by a curving vine. The full medallion fills the entire field.

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