tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236789502357650552.post8887730155600476296..comments2023-06-30T08:34:46.612+01:00Comments on Feather On A Wire: 1703 Quilt - Victoria & Albert Museum - Search the CollectionsFeatheronawire Sally Bramaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12724148087746233712noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236789502357650552.post-40967056570729588162011-04-08T02:18:44.652+01:002011-04-08T02:18:44.652+01:00It's very beautiful...I don't want to cont...It's very beautiful...I don't want to contradict the V and A but, no I wouldn't call it a whole cloth (but I wouldn't call it a coverlet either-under the 'more information tab')<br />Thanks for sharing it Sally,you've given me a collection I can ogle at from time to time.<br />Cheers, <br />MargaretQuilt Stationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01220621182202462817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4236789502357650552.post-23105026028634897272011-04-05T11:01:37.647+01:002011-04-05T11:01:37.647+01:00A problem with a lot of the V & A descriptions...A problem with a lot of the V & A descriptions seems to be re putting modern labels/names/definitions onto older pieces. Wasn't back stitch very common as a quilting stitch back then anyway? Even though very few people do it today (unless in an eighteenth century style).<br /><br />I wish some of their detail pictures showed MORE detail than they do...Susan Briscoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12478005503421741631noreply@blogger.com