tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943698793760990543.post7095845297931302096..comments2023-12-23T20:53:55.441+01:00Comments on Prick Your Finger: MY BEDSPREAD.Prick Your Fingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00116297017961712853noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943698793760990543.post-12440144723916592832014-10-30T19:24:03.434+01:002014-10-30T19:24:03.434+01:00Could you, would you post more photos of your quil...Could you, would you post more photos of your quilt please? There has recently been a resurgence of interest in these lovely chintz prints. This might be in part due to the publication of these two books, http://www.amazon.co.uk/Chintz-Indian-Textiles-Rosemary-Crill/dp/1851775323/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1414693303&sr=1-1&keywords=chintz and http://www.quiltmania.com/product/L/FR/1529/chintz-quilts-from-the-poos-collection.html?type_produit=L&maglangue=GB You are very lucky.Featheronawire Sally Bramaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12724148087746233712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943698793760990543.post-21351891662711356372009-05-21T02:08:13.746+02:002009-05-21T02:08:13.746+02:00I will be travelling to the UK this coming March (...I will be travelling to the UK this coming March (2010)...any chance your family would be willing to let three serious students of UK quilts view some of the collection?<br /><br />I couldn't find any other way to contact you, so I hope you get this post.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Penelope TuckerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943698793760990543.post-43947091944517231122009-01-31T19:12:00.000+01:002009-01-31T19:12:00.000+01:00Well the plot thickens! It turns out the patchwork...Well the plot thickens! <BR/>It turns out the patchwork in the exhibition was bought in an antiques shop in London. My bedspread was found in a cupboard at my great grandparent's house in Windermere, so there is no notable link. It is not my great grandmother's taste, so it could have belonged to my great great grandmother, in which case it would have come from Windermemre or Sheffield. My great grandparents on both sides, at that time were of considerable wealth, so it could have been bought, given or made for leisure. My mother thinks it is unlikely it was made by our family.<BR/>I shall continue investigations!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943698793760990543.post-41238906257782622422009-01-29T16:08:00.000+01:002009-01-29T16:08:00.000+01:00Thanks for your further explanation. My feeling w...Thanks for your further explanation. My feeling was that the curator referred to the image in the center of the quilt (the fabric was in yardage, but lent itself to cutting into "scenes"). Do you live in the same area as the curator? Might the 2 makers of the quilts have been associated, and might they both have been making quilts according to current standards of what was "the right way" to design and quilt?<BR/><BR/>Often the simplest beginnings lead to the most interesting questions, answers, and research! Thanks again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943698793760990543.post-84845035234728352032009-01-29T15:09:00.000+01:002009-01-29T15:09:00.000+01:00Ah thank you for your brilliant question! The exhi...Ah thank you for your brilliant question! The exhibition my mother saw in 2002 was curated from a private collection at Helbeck Hall, in Cumbria. There is no evidence of an actual 'Kit', but the two patchworks are so similar, it is possible that the central 'oriental style' panel, was produced especially for the making of patchwork. The early chintz in the patchwork surround suggests that these pieces were made by ladies of fashion. The catalogue also suggests;<BR/> 'In the late 18th c the French were producing sophisticated patterns at the Oberkampf factory at Jouy, where they were inspired by the orient and "copy as much as you dare' was a maxim. Bannister Hall Printworks near Preston produced over 3,600 patterns of furnishing chintz and dress fabrics between 1790 and 1840.' <BR/>With a huge range of copies, it is possible that this patchwork was a 're produced' design. I don't know if you can tell from my terrible pictures, but the patchworks also have similar quilting, in white stitches over the top of the tree.<BR/>Both quilts are small double bed size. <BR/>Do ask if you have any more questions because it is a very interesting piece, which we know little about and I have a contact for the lady who holds the collection, and has not seen my bedspread yet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943698793760990543.post-79021001234479375682009-01-28T12:30:00.000+01:002009-01-28T12:30:00.000+01:00Would you explain "kit form," please, or can you p...Would you explain "kit form," please, or can you provide contact with the exhibit curator who used the phrase to describe the exhibited quilt? Was she suggesting that the chintz panel was provided, or that the entire was a package of cut pieces? That is a surprising description for a quilt of that age.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com