counterpane

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Blickling is home to items such as the Peter The Great tapestry, which was a gift from Russia's Catherine the Great in the 1760s, and a counterpane from Queen Anne's throne canopy.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2021

The fact of these little countries lying snug and unsuspected, like and unlike as siblings can be, in a landscape that’s usually disregarded, or dismissed as drab agricultural counterpane.

From Slate • Oct. 10, 2013

A cupid with feathery wings rises on his knees from the heaped folds of a gold counterpane, arms raised in delight at the miraculous golden downpour.

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2010

Every evening the invaluable "Tilly" summons a different couple to play bridge on the counterpane of his enormous bed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Out of these deep surrounding shades rose high, and glared white, the piled-up mattresses and pillows of the bed, spread with a snowy Marseilles counterpane.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë