Early History of Quilting in Egypt & China
Kaye Wood’s Quilting Newsletter for Sept. 12 contained some interesting information on the early history of quiltmaking. We often think of quilting and patchwork occurring in the early days of our country and possibly dating back to Europe.
However, according to the information here, quilts go back to early Egypt and China. Kaye’s newsletter mentions that “The earliest recorded
quilted garment was found on a carved, ivory figure of a pharaoh, dated to
be from around 3400 BC!”
We also learn that the Romans stuffed them as a mattress and soldiers also used quilts. At one time in history, quilts were used mainly by the wealthy.
For more information about the history of quilting, check out Kaye Wood’s newsletter at:
http://www.kayewood.com/newsletter.html/
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3 opinions for Early History of Quilting in Egypt & China
Lucía Herrera
Sep 25, 2007 at 3:13 pm
Iwould like to know more about the history of quilting in China, because I am taking a quilting course and we have to do an investigation about the origins of this in China. Others classmates have to talk about quilting in America and other places, but for me have been almost impossible find something from China. Thank you very much. Lucía
Mary Emma Allen
Sep 30, 2007 at 10:44 am
Lucia, thank you for visiting Quilting and Patchwork. I’ll have to look into quilting in China. If you do find more information on this topic, I’d enjoy having you share it with us.
Quilting in Early China
Aug 12, 2008 at 1:01 am
[…] through my articles here at Quilting and Patchwork, I discovered one about quilting and China, The Early History of Quilting in Eqypt and China. It refers to an item in Kaye Woods’ newsletter that mentions: “The earliest recorded […]
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