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Decorative wall panel: The Doves

(French, 1723–1805)
about 1780
Object PlaceLyon, France
Medium/TechniqueSilk satin, brocaded
Dimensions301 cm (118 1/2 in.)
Credit LineSeth K. Sweetser Fund
Accession number1984.220
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceCommissioned by Catherine II Empress of Russia for her summer home near Leningrad, Tsarskoe Selo; removed about 1917; sold by Soviet government; purchased by the MFA, Boston from Loewi-Robertson, June 13, 1984.