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  2. History of quilting - Wikipedia

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    Whole-cloth quilt, 18th century, Netherlands.Textile made in India. In Europe, quilting appears to have been introduced by Crusaders in the 12th century (Colby 1971) in the form of the aketon or gambeson, a quilted garment worn under armour which later developed into the doublet, which remained an essential part of fashionable men's clothing for 300 years until the early 1600s.

  3. Bed rug - Wikipedia

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    [5]: 105 Bed rugs began as carpet-like textiles, and were more common in 18th century than floor rugs. [4] In his Draper's Dictionary (1882), William Beck noted that the term rug was only used in America to describe the coverings for ordinary beds. [6]: 1 Sources provide conflicting information about bed rugs.

  4. John Hewson (artist) - Wikipedia

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    John Hewson gravestone in Palmer Cemetery in Philadelphia. John Hewson (1744 – 1821) was a textile artist. He trained in a cotton-printing factory in London, but moved to the United States on the advice of his friend Benjamin Franklin, and set up a calico printing factory in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

  5. Category:18th-century American merchants - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "18th-century American merchants" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 355 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  6. Goddard and Townsend - Wikipedia

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    It was sold by the Brown family in 1989, for $12.1 million — a record for a piece of American furniture at auction. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston , Philadelphia Museum of Art , Metropolitan Museum of Art , Boston Museum of Fine Art , Yale University Art Gallery , Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art and Preservation Society of ...

  7. Bed hangings - Wikipedia

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    Bed hangings or bed curtains are fabric panels that surround a bed; they were used from medieval times through to the 19th century. Bed hangings provided privacy when the master or great bed was in a public room, such as the parlor, but also showed evidence of wealth when beds were located in areas of the home where .

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