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Another important branch of ornamental needlework that 

 went on in nearly every cottage was the making of cotton 

 patchwork. Some patchwork that I have of four generations 

 back, whose date would be somewhere near the year 1780, is 



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Patchwork Quilt — Eighteenth Century 



interesting, not only as an example of the work, but because 

 it shows so many patterns of the printed cottons of the time. 

 Some of these cottons, of low-toned purples, are charming 

 and curious in colour, and the printing is done in softly- 

 clouded bands that gives the stuff an aspect of rare refine- 

 ment without taking anything from its simplicity. This 



