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  2. Conservation and restoration of quilts - Wikipedia

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    The conservation and restoration of quilts refers to the processes involved in maintaining the integrity of quilts and/or restoring them to an acceptable standard so that they may be preserved for future generations. Quilts have been produced for centuries, as utilitarian blankets, decorations, family heirlooms, and now treasured museum ...

  3. History of quilting - Wikipedia

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    The history of quilting, the stitching together of layers of padding and fabric, may date back as far as 3400 BCE. [1] For much of its history, quilting was primarily a practical technique to provide physical protection and insulation. However, decorative elements were often also present, and many quilts are now primarily art pieces.

  4. British Rail Mark 1 - Wikipedia

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    British Rail Mark 1. British Rail Mark 1 is the family designation for the first standardised designs of railway carriages built by British Railways (BR) from 1951 until 1974, now used only for charter services on the main lines or on preserved railways. Following nationalisation in 1948, BR had continued to build carriages to the designs of ...

  5. Compartment coach - Wikipedia

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    Compartment coach. A compartment coach is a railway passenger coach (US: passenger car) divided into separate areas or compartments, with no means of moving between compartments. [1] The compartment coach should not be confused with the corridor coach which also has separate compartments but, by contrast, has a corridor down one side of the ...

  6. Patchwork quilt - Wikipedia

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    A patchwork quilt is a quilt in which the top layer may consist of pieces of fabric sewn together to form a design. [1] Originally, this was to make full use of leftover scraps of fabric, but now fabric is often bought specially for a specific design. Fabrics are now often sold in quarter meters (or quarter yards in the United States).

  7. Coaches of the London and North Eastern Railway - Wikipedia

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    The standard LNER corridor coach design was finalised in 1923, using a 60 ft underframe, though some for use on the Great Eastern were on 51 ft underframes. The LNER standard coach was in advance of those of the other three of the Big Four by virtue of the Pullman gangways and buckeye couplers. The wooden teak-panelled body with squared ...

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