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Article: Northern English quilts.(identification tips)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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Quilting has been practiced on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean for centuries, and in Britain, as in the United States, there are regional styles that enable experts to identify the origin of a quilt. In the north of England, in the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, Westmorland (now Cumbria), and Yorkshire, the emphasis was on sinuously curving stitched lines that outlined characteristic patterns. The quilts therefore display a subtle, sculptured quality that is not found in ...