Quilting from the Past

wadded quilting examples

Examples of wadded quilting

Background: Detail of a wadded petticoat. Silk lined with coarse linen and wadded with sheep's wool. Britain, mid-18th century. 305 x 95 cm.
EG 3882, GIVEN BY THE DUCHESS OF PORTLAND

Foreground: The embroidered meandering background pattern worked on the stomacher is of the type frequently used in 18th-century flat quilting. 24 x 34 cm
EG1981.24, GIVEN BY LADY ADAM GORDON