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Whole-cloth quilt, 18th century, Netherlands.Textile made in India. In Europe, quilting appears to have been introduced by Crusaders in the 12th century (Colby 1971) in the form of the aketon or gambeson, a quilted garment worn under armour which later developed into the doublet, which remained an essential part of fashionable men's clothing for 300 years until the early 1600s.
The American quilt: A history of cloth and comfort, 1750-1950 (1993). LaPinta, Linda Elisabeth. Kentucky Quilts and Quiltmakers: Three Centuries of Creativity, Community, and Commerce (University Press of Kentucky, 2023) online review of this book. Torsney, Cheryl B., and Judy Elsley, eds. Quilt Culture: Tracing the Pattern. (U of Missouri ...
Carolyn Ducey, "Quilt History Timeline, Pre-History – 1800", International Quilt Study Center & Museum, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Celia Eddy, Quilted Planet: A Sourcebook of Quilts from Around the World ISBN 1-4000-5457-5; LaPinta, Linda Elisabeth.
The history of the modern kilt stretches back to at least the end of the 16th century. The kilt first appeared as the belted plaid or great kilt , a full-length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak draped over the shoulder, or brought up over the head as a hood.
Made Trade compiled a brief history of women and textiles in the United States, drawing on historical museum documents, interviews, and research. ... and sewing quilts, a legacy their descendants ...
Though quilting has a long history, likely more than five millennia, [3] and takes various forms in many cultures, the block-style patchwork quilt became a "distinct expression" of nineteenth-century America, [4] evolving into a representative folk art of interest to scholars [5] that is still produced today.
Gee’s Bend quilters served as an inspiration for Target’s Black History Month collection, though the quilters reaped limited financial benefits […] The post They made one-of-a-kind quilts ...
Marie Daugherty Webster (July 19, 1859 – August 29, 1956) was a quilt designer, quilt producer, and businesswoman, as well as a lecturer and author of Quilts, Their Story, and How to Make Them (1915), the first American book about the history of quilting, reprinted many times since.