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Bed Covers Part II

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Crewel - WorkQuilts

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Crewel - Work Quilt

18th Century(Skinner Auction House)

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Block - PrintedQuilts

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American, Possibly Connecticut, Cotton Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt

c. 1750 - 1765(Colonial Williamsburg)

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English Copperplate Print Cotton & Linen Quilt

c. 1765 - 1775(Colonial Williamsburg)

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American Bordered Quilt of English Block Printed Indigo Resist Dyed Cloth

c. 1750 - 1800(Winterthur)

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Detail: American Bordered Quilt of English Block Printed Indigo Resist Dyed Cloth

c. 1750 - 1800(Winterthur)

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English or American Block Printed Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt with New York Provenance (FRONT)

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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English or American Block Printed Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt with New York Provenance (BACK)

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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Front & BackDetails: English or American Block Printed Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt with New York Provenance

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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English or American Block Printed Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt & Bed Hangings with New York Provenance

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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American Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt from Connecticut

c. 1760 - 1780(Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

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American, Likely New York, Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt

c. 1760 - 1800(Private Collection - willywonkaquilts.blogspt.com)

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Detail: American, Likely New York, Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt

c. 1760 - 1800(Private Collection - willywonkaquilts.blogspt.com)

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American Resist Dyed Cotton and Wool Quilt

18th Century(Lawton Mull)

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American Resist Dyed Cotton and Wool Quilt

18th Century(Lawton Mull)

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French, Likely Rouen, Block Printed Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt

c. 1780(Private Collection - willywonkaquilts.blogspt.com)

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Detail: French, Likely Rouen, Block Printed Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt

c. 1780(Private Collection - willywonkaquilts.blogspt.com)

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Reverse Detail: French, Likely Rouen, Block Printed Indigo Resist Dyed Quilt

c. 1780(Private Collection - willywonkaquilts.blogspt.com)

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English Block Printed Plain Woven Mardant Syle Cotton Quilt (FRONT)

c. 1730 - 1800(Private Collection)

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English Block Printed Plain Woven Mardant Syle Cotton Quilt (BACK DETAIL)

c. 1730 - 1800(Private Collection)

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Floral Block - Printed Cotton Quilt

18th Century(Skinner Auction House)

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Dutch Embroidered Cotton Quilt with Silk Border

18th Century(Los Angeles County Museum of Art)

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New England Block Printed Cotton Counterpane for a 4 Post Bed

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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New England Block Printed Cotton Counterpane

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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English or American Block - Printed Cotton Quilt of English Fabric c. 1770 (FRONT)c. 1780 - 1820(Winterthur)

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Detail: English or American Block - Printed Cotton Quilt of English Fabric c. 1770 (FRONT)c. 1780 - 1820(Winterthur)

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English or American Block - Printed Cotton Quilt of English Fabric c. 1770 (BACK)c. 1780 - 1820(Winterthur)

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English or American Block - Printed Cotton Quilt of English Fabric c. 1770 (BACK)c. 1780 - 1820(Winterthur)

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Detail: English or American Block - Printed Cotton Quilt of English Fabric c. 1770 (BACK)c. 1780 - 1820(Winterthur)

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Kingston, New York, CottonQuilt Belonging to Rachel Hardenberg, Married in 1781 to Captain Matthew Jansen

c. 1780(Michigan State University Museum)

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French Block - Printed Cotton Sprig Design Quilt1785

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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American Whole Cloth English Copper Plate Printed Cotton Quilt Depicting William Penns Treaty with the Indians

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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Detail: American Whole Cloth English Copper Plate Printed Cotton Quilt Depicting William Penns Treaty with the Indians

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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French Whole Cloth Copper Plate Printed Cotton Quilt Depicting La Liberte Americaine

by J. P. Meillier et Cie c. 1785(Winterthur)

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English or American Plain Woven, Plate Printed Cotton QuiltDepicting the Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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English or American Plain Woven, Plate Printed Cotton QuiltDepicting the Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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Front Detail: English or American Plain Woven, Plate Printed Cotton QuiltDepicting the Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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Back Detail: English or American Plain Woven, Plate Printed Cotton QuiltDepicting the Apotheosis of Benjamin Franklin and George Washington

c. 1780 - 1800(Winterthur)

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French or American Whole Cloth Copper Plate Printed Cotton Quilt from Jouy-En-Josas

c. 1785(Winterthur)

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European Quilt of Printed Cottons

c. 1740 - 1800(Colonial Williamsburg)

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EmbroideredQuilts & Coverlets

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English Silk Embroidered & Quilted Counterpanec. 1690 - 1720

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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English Silk Embroidered & Quilted Counterpanec. 1690 - 1720

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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English Embroidered Linen Bed Cover1703

(Victoria & Albert)

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English Silk Embroidered Cotton Tabby Quilt

by Miss Dikes c. 1700 - 1725(Colonial Williamsburg)

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English Silk & Metal Thread Embroidered Linen Coverlet1715

(Victoria & Albert)

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American White Cotton & Linen Twill (Fustian) Childs CoverletEmbroidered by Mary Fifield Adams (1694 - 1748) of Massachusetts. 1st Quarter 18th Century

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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English Cotton, Linen and Silk Embroidered QuiltEarly 18th Century

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

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English Cotton Coverlet Embroidered with Silk and Metal Thread

Early 18th Century(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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British or American Linen Coverlet Embroidered with Woolc. 1720

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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English Embroidered and Cord Quilted Linen Quiltc. 1720 - 1750

(Victoria & Albert)

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English Embroidered and Stu!ed Linen Whitework Quiltc. 1720

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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English Embroidered Linen and Silk Bed Coverc. 1725 - 1750

(Victoria & Albert)

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English Silk Embroidered Linen Bed Coverc. 1725 - 1750

(Victoria & Albert)

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American Worsted Wood and Crewel Coverlet Attributed to Elizabeth Swan of Roxbury (1741 - 1817)c. 1751 - 1778

(Connecticut Historical Society)

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American Worsted Wood and Crewel Coverlet Attributed to Elizabeth Swan of Roxbury (1741 - 1817)c. 1751 - 1778

(Connecticut Historical Society)

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American Embroidered Coverletby Ruth Culver Coleman c. 1760 - 1785

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Linen & Cotton Coverlet with Wool Embroidery from Connecticut

by Mary Breed of Stonington, Connecticut c. 1770(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Embroidered Quiltc. 1775

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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American Cotton and Linen Embroidered Quilt from Baltimore, MarylandD. W. 1783

(D.A.R. Museum)

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American Embroidered Coverlet from New England18th Century

(Skinner Auctions)

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OvershotCoverlets

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American Overshot Coverlet, Likely from PennsylvaniaI.P. 1771

(National Museum of the American Coverlet, Bedford, Pennsylvania)

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American Overshot Coverlet from New York or a Mid-Atlantic StateA R 1773

(Winterthur)

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American Overshot Coverlet from New York or a Mid-Atlantic StateA R 1773

(Winterthur)

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American Overshot Coverlet Fragment from Pennsylvania or a Mid-Atlantic Statec. 1780 - 1820

(Winterthur)

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American Overshot Coverlet of Linen, Cotton & Woolby EM 1784

(Smithsonian - National Museum of American History)

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American Overshot Coverlet of Linen, Cotton & Woolby EM 1784

(Smithsonian - National Museum of American History)

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American Overshot Coverlet of Cotton, Linen, & Woolby M S 1787

(Smithsonian - National Museum of American History)

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American Overshot Coverlet of Cotton, Linen, & Woolby M S 1787

(Smithsonian - National Museum of American History)

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American Overshot Coverlet with Pine Tree Motif from PennsylvaniaMade by a Member of the Brown Family of Emilie, Pennsylvania 1789

(Smithsonian - National Museum of American History)

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American Linen Overshot Coverlet from NewYorkby Elizabeth Deuel of Saratoga, New York 1790

(Smithsonian - National Museum of American History)

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American Overshot CoverletLate 18th - Early 19th Century

(Oriental & Navajo Rug Company)

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American Overshot CoverletLate 18th - Early 19th Century

(Oriental & Navajo Rug Company)

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American Overshot Coverlet Owned by Cornelia Hollen Beck of New YorkC H B 1793

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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American Cat Tracks Pattern Coverlet from VirginiaReported to Have Been Used by the Harmon Family of Virginia in 1759

(Harmon Family / Chris Utley)

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American Cotton & Wool Overshot Coverlet from Kingston, New Hampshire1740

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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American Linen & Wool Overshot CoverletLate 18th - Early 19th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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American Linen & Wool Overshot CoverletLate 18th - Mid 19th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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American Wool Overshot Coverlet from Plymouth, MassachusettsLate 18th - Late 19th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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CottonCoverlets

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American Cotton Coverlet from Pennsylvania1773

(Winterthur)

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American Cotton Coverlet from Pennsylvania1773

(Winterthur)

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American Cotton Coverlet from Pennsylvania1773

(Winterthur)

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American Cotton Coverlet from Pennsylvania1773

(Winterthur)

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American Cotton Coverlet from Pennsylvania1773

(Winterthur)

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American Cotton Coverlet from Pennsylvania1773

(Winterthur)

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WoolCoverlets

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American Linen & Wool Twill Center Seam CoverletEarly to Mid 18th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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American Linen & Wool Twill Center Seam CoverletEarly to Mid 18th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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American Wool Twill Center Seam Coverlet from PennsylvaniaLate 18th to Early / Mid 19th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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American Wool Twill Center Seam Coverlet from PennsylvaniaLate 18th to Early / Mid 19th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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American Wool Twill Center Seam Coverlet from PennsylvaniaLate 18th to Early / Mid 19th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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American Linen & Wool Twill Center Seam Coverlet from PennsylvaniaLate 18th to Early / Mid 19th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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American Twill Center Seam Coverlet from PennsylvaniaLate 18th to Early / Mid 19th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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American Twill Center Seam Coverlet from PennsylvaniaLate 18th to Early / Mid 19th Century

(American Textile History Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts)

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Monks - BeltCoverlets

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Monks Belt Coverlet of Wool(Found inside a c. 1790 Quilted Counterpane where it was used as Batting (Stu"ng)c. 1770 - 1784

(Smithsonian - National Museum of American History)

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East India Co.Exports

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Indian Quilt Made for the European Marketc. 1700 - 1725

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Indian (Coromandel Coast ) Mordant - Dyed with Yellow Over - Painting Cotton Palampore with Silk Liningc. 1700 - 1725

(Victoria & Albert)

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Indian (Coromandel Coast ) Chintz Bed Coverc. 1725 - 1750

(Victoria & Albert)

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Indian Silk and Metal Thread Thread Embroidered Cotton QuiltMid 18th Century

(Victoria & Albert)

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Indian Quilted Tree of Life Palampore of Cotton & Linenc. 1700 - 1800

(Winterthur)

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Detail: Indian Quilted Tree of Life Palampore of Cotton & Linenc. 1700 - 1800

(Winterthur)

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Indian Quilted Tree of Life Palampore of Cotton & Linen with Borderc. 1770 - 1790

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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Indian Chintz Palampore Made for the Dutch Marketc. 1720

(Christies)

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Counterpane or Palampore of Indian Chintz Cotton & Embroidered Silk for the European Marketc. 1725 - 1760

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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Counterpane or Palampore of Indian Chintz Cotton for the European Marketc. 1760

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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Counterpane or Palampore of Mordant - Painted and Resist - Dyed Indian Chintz Cotton for the European Marketc. 1750 - 1770

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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Counterpane Made from Imported Cotton Chintz from Indiac. 1750

(Stratford Hall)

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ChineseExports

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Chinese Silk Coverlet for the European Market17th Century

(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Counterpane of Painted Chinese Silk (Chinese Export) with Central Medallion in the Style of Jean Erainc. 1700 - 1760

(Colonial Williamsburg)

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Counterpane of Painted Chinese Silk (Chinese Export)c. 1770 - 1790

(Colonial Williamsburg)

Acknowledgements

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Acknowledgements

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