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Recent Examples of counterpaneBeneath wall text describing Báthory’s ghoulish crimes and her macabre punishment, bloody mannequins in nightshirts, one with its throat hideously cut, sprawl across a counterpane.—Sam Lipsyte, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 The bed was draped in a cranberry-red silk counterpane.—Jon Meacham, House Beautiful, 1 Oct. 2013
Come fall, simply swap your cooling sheets for insulated flannel sheets to enjoy this cushy quilt in every season.
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Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
In 1987, during the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, Jones displayed the memorial quilt on the National Mall for the first time, with each panel dedicated to someone who died from the disease.
Grab this shabby chic bedspread in green, grey or pink.
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Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 May 2025
Read on to discover the best linen spray options to freshen your bedspread, wow overnight visitors, or even use to perk up your wardrobe staples pre-laundry day.
These include an ornate 17th century cabinet decorated with Peruvian silver and five historic barkcloth textiles from various Pacific islands, including a bedcover that once belonged to Hawaiian Queen Ka’ahumanu.
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Carolina A. Miranda,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Apr. 2023
Perhaps standing in the doorway of a parent’s bedroom, or sprawled out on the bedroom floor, or even flopped on top of the bedcovers themselves, otherwise sphinxlike teens often share freely what’s on their minds at a time when parents might want to curl up and drift off.
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