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Great Bed of Ware, carved, inlaid, and painted wood, English, late 16th century; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. reproduction of early 18th-century chintz bedspread and hangings Badminton Bed Carved oak bedstead with tester, English, c. 1610; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Great Bed of Ware, carved, inlaid, and painted wood, English, late 16th century; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
reproduction of early 18th-century chintz bedspread and hangings
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Carved oak bedstead with tester, English, c. 1610; in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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