Tapestry lining for tester (ciel for lit à la duchesse en impériale), ca. 1780–90, French, Beauvais, Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch, 8-11 per centimeter), Overall: H. 87 × W. 72 in. (221 × 182.9 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, As its full-size domed canopy is suspended from the ceiling rather than supported on posts, this tester bed, which bears the stamp of the menuisier Georges Jacob, is a type called lit à la duchesse en impériale
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Tapestry lining, tester, ciel, lit à la duchesse en impériale, ca, 1780–90, French, Beauvais, Silk, wool, 20-25 warps, inch, 8-11, centimeter, Overall, H, 87, W, 72, 221, 182.9 cm, Textiles-Tapestries, full-size domed canopy, suspended, ceiling, supported, posts, tester bed, bears, stamp, menuisier Georges, Jacob, type, à, la, duchesse, en, impériale
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