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Collection Item: Durham Quilt
Basic info
- Collection
- Costume and Textiles
- Object name
- Durham quilt
- Bedspread
- Wholecloth
- Object category
- Domestic textiles
- Object subcategory
- Bed covers and hangings
- Description
- Pink and white cotton sateen, with a reverse side of plain sateen. The centre is quilted with a round, feathered medallion with a wineglass ground or filling, with a large leaf motif in each corner. The pink border is quilted with a running-feather pattern, and there are rose motifs in the corners, with a diamond filling. Cream-coloured thread has been used for the quilting. The bedcover is thinly wadded, and all the seams are machine-stitched.
- Production date start
- 1900
- Production date end
- 1930
- Period
- Victorian
- Edwardian
- World War One
- Between the Wars
Identification
- Object number
- YORCM : BA715
- Number of objects
- 1
- Classification code
- 2.43
- 2.8313
- Classification scheme
- SHIC
- SHIC
- ID
- 10007267
Physical Characteristics
- Materials
- Sateen (Whole)
- Cotton (Whole)
- Dimensions
- Whole length 2,465.0 mm
- Whole width 2,095.0 mm
Production
- Location
- Hartlepool
- Technique
- Quilted (Durham)
