Coverlet for a bed (Lit à la duchesse en impériale)
Object type: Bed coverlet
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Beauvais
Artist: Beauvais
Artist role: Factory
Date: ca. 1780–90
Medium: Silk and wool (20-25 warps per inch, 8-11 per centimeter)
Dimensions: Overall:: 10 ft. 10 in. × 10 ft. 2 in. (330.2 × 309.9 cm)
Central Tapestry Panel: 85 × 65 in. (215.9 × 165.1 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Gift of Kingdon Gould, in memory of his mother, Edith Kingdon Gould, 1923
Accession year: 1923
Tags: Garlands|Flowers