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The second is to quilt together two layers of material and insert the cord after the sewing is completed. The latter is the most common technique used in cord quilts of this period. \r\n\r\nLinen cord quilts became particularly fashionable in English homes at the end of the seventeenth century, at a time when the bedroom was a site of public display: a place where servants entered, family members rested and guests were entertained. Cord quilts were created by both professional and domestic quilt makers, and provided a practical (readily washable) and restful alternative to the highly patterned and colourful bed covers also fashionable at this time.","physicalDescription":"Cord quilted white linen coverlet. The design shows a central roundel containing a basket of flowers, surrounded by a trellis and a stylised flower design, with quarter roundels of flowers in each corner. Contained within a thin outer border in a 'twist' design.\n\nWorked in fine back stitch embroidery. Worked through two thickness of linen - one fine, for the top; and a coarser weave, for the lining. The bed cover was worked in three separate widths of linen, each approximately 30 inches selvedge to selvedge. When sewn together, the pattern does not match perfectly in some areas of the design.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"cord quilting","id":"AAT232012"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Embroidered and cord quilted linen","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Embroidery","id":"THES48960"},{"text":"Household objects","id":"THES48939"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&F","id":"THES48601"},"images":["2009CC8366"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES308693"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Bed cover","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1720-1750","earliest":"1720-01-01","latest":"1750-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Lady Pickthorn","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"99","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"93","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Length","value":"251","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"236","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Given to the V&A in 1983 by Mrs N Iliffe on behalf of Lady Pickthorn [R.P. 83/1442].","historicalContext":"In eighteenth-century Britain, the bedrooms of the wealthy were used for the display of luxury goods. They were a place where servants entered, family members rested and guests were entertained. Beautifully worked bed hangings and bed covers were found in both middle-class and aristocratic households.","briefDescription":"Cord quilted and embroidered linen coverlet, England, 1720-1750","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Clare Browne, 'Making and using quilts in eighteenth-century Britain', in Sue Prichard (ed.), <i>Quilts 1700-2010</i> (London: V&A, 2010) p.37"}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"Unique","id":"THES48864"},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"flowers","id":"x35571"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["T.209-1983"],"accessionNumberNum":"209","accessionNumberPrefix":"T","accessionYear":1983,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-01-01","recordCreationDate":"2008-09-12","availableToBook":true}}