Back panel for a bed (Lit à la duchesse en impériale)
Object type: Bed back panel
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: 8 ft. 3 1/2 in. × 72 in. (252.7 × 182.9 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Gift of Kingdon Gould, in memory of his mother, Edith Kingdon Gould, 1923
Accession year: 1923
Tags: Birds|Flowers|Insignia