C. 1920: Hand pieced and quilted, twill edge finish. Note the incredible quilting motif, and expert workmanship.

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Period room in the Colliery Cottage at the Beamish Museum showing typical strippy style quilt.

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Beamish Museum Period Room - early 20th century.

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Quilt Study in the Quilter's Guild of the British Isles archives. Our hostess, Rachel Terry was both gracious and knowledgeable.

Not only were we encouraged to ask questions, but we were allowed to photograph to our hearts content. THANK YOU RACHEL!! A trip to the Quilter's Guild shoud be on the itinerary of anyone visiting the UK who loves quilt history.

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Signed and dated (1824) medallion center of quilt from the Quilter's Guild archives.

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Late 19th Century Log Cabin style quilt with Turkey Red whole cloth printed reverse. Turkey Red prints were very popular for quilts in the 2nd half of

the nineteenth century. Many were Turkey Red wholecloth on both sides.

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The Levens' Hall Quilt - dated 1708. The Levens' Hall Quilt is known as the earliest pieced quilt in the UK.

The piecing and quilting on the Levens' Hall quilt are extraordinary; as is the selection of fabrics and colors which was during a time when there was a ban on the use of chintz. The motif of the patchwork is said to have been taken from the mosaic ceiling in St. James Church - London.

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Levens' Hall Topiary Garden

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Quilt Study with the ladies from the BQHL - British Quilt Heritage Listserve.

This was one of the most fun days of the

trip. After a wonderful luncheon and tea, the BQHL ladies shared some quilts and other items from their personal collections.

The food and fellowship was outstanding! THANK YOU BQHL!!

C 1820 Turkey Red block printed and painted border. Whitworth Gallery - University of Manchester.

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Dated 1795-1800 Fabric Swatch book from the Thornlie Bank Mill - UK.

This is a wonderful and surprising reference as to what was available at the end of the 18th century.

Note the colors here - other examples in this volume will rock the dating books off the shelves - a must see for any visitor to Manchester. Thank you to the Museum of Science and Industry Manchester.

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Dated (1814-1815) textile sample book from the Thornlie Bank Mill, UK.

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Dated (1818/1820) Fabric Sample book. MSIM.

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Caption from 1825 Sample book verifies that not only were textiles imported FROM India into Great Britain, but by this

time printed fabrics were England's largest export. The notation is for swatches of fabrics which were sent to India in 1825.

Caption: "Per the Grecian Spool to Bombay, sailed Nov.7, 1825"

Collection of the MSIM

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Fabric Study Frenzy - 18th and 19th century fabric sample books - collection of the MSIM.

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Early 18th Century painted chintz skirt - India. Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester.

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Detail of painted chintz skirt - Whitworth Gallery.

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C 1675-1700: Detail from wholecloth quilt with Spanish provenance. Whitworth Gallery, Manchester.

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Early 19th century chintz medallion quilt - Whitworth Gallery, Univeristy of Manchester.

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Detail of one of the chintz fabrics used in previous quilt. Whitworth Gallery, University of Manchester.

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Our journey not only provided us with spectacular quilts to see, but the views of England's countryside are spectacular!

One of many examples of 19th century English Chintz available to view in the textile study room the V&A

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Quilt Study in the V&A textile archives. Our hostesses could not have been more gracious - we were overwhelmed by the

sharing of their quilts and knowledge.

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Painted Chintz - India C 1700-1725. V&A India and Asia Artifacts Archives.

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C late 18th early 19th century painted chintz garments from India - India and Asia Archives, V&A museum.

Our hostess, Rosemary Crill, the curator of this collection, is writing a book on Printed and Painted Chintz, using textiles from this collection. It should be available toward the end of 2007.

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Show and Tell is always a favorite event. A time when travelers gather to have a close up look at the special finds their

colleagues have found along our journey. Here, one of us shows a wholecloth turkey red print quilt, the other side is also a wholecloth turkey red print.

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2006 Quilt and Textile Study Tour participants in the archives of the V&A. Every quilt we saw on our journey put us in quilt heaven!

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