ANST - Quilting in Period (WAS: Documnetation)

[Lael Portwood]

Also, applique in quilting is period.  And, one of the oldest forms of quilting is trapunto which is a decorative quilted design in high relief worked through at least two layers of cloth by outlining the design in running cloth padding it from the underside.

I believe that piecing is period.  I have seen many examples in medieval art of clothing made from many different materials pieced together.  Whether they were quilted or not was difficult to tell.

Ascelyn

>>> Margo Lynn Hablutzel <Hablutzel at compuserve.com> 02/22 7:34 AM >>>
> I'm also working on documenting quilts, among other things....

>>>> Quilting is definitely period.  If by "quilting" you mean
>>>> piecework -- I haven't come across it in period, but I
>>>> haven't gone looking.

Piecework appears to be later.  Quilting in period was wholecloth or
whitework; the examples I have seen used panels to tell a story, such as
from the Bible or a legend.  The figured might be additionally padded for
better relief.  I think the extant examples (the ones I remember anyway,
and I think I have photos somewhere) are in Italy.


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