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Title	Cover
Date	18th century 18th century
Medium	Silk; metal; cotton
Classification	Textiles-Woven
Origin	Italian or French Italian or French
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Botanical illustration

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