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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 artisans - Wikipedia

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   18th; 19th; 20th; 21st; 22nd; 23rd; Pages in category "18th-century American artisans" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total. This list ...

6. George Galphin - Wikipedia

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   Galphin was born in County Antrim, Ireland in the early 18th century to Barbara and Thomas Galphin, a linen weaver by trade. Galphin was a Presbyterian of Scottish descent. [1] Galphin came to America in 1737, arriving at the port of Charleston, South Carolina. In the 1740s, Galphin found work from Brown, Rae, and Company, a trading firm based ...

7. Bed hangings - Wikipedia

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   More have survived from the 18th century. Few full sets of bed hangings were passed down intact, because their worth often meant they were divided amongst surviving heirs. [ 50 ] In the New England in the US, the great bed and its hangings went to the eldest son, but if the bed hangings were embroidered, the bed might go to the eldest son and ...