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# Counterpane

Large rectangular cotton coverlet, quilted and embroidered throughout, using undyed tussar silk. Made for the Portuguese export market and drawing widely on European imagery for the decoration (probably via Antwerp copper-plate prints).

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1600–1650 CE

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