ANST - Quilting in Period (WAS: Documnetation)
Margo Lynn Hablutzel
Hablutzel at compuserve.com
Mon Feb 22 05:34:13 PST 1999
> 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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