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See Marseille quilt.

See Marseille quilt.

See Marseille quilt.

See Kensington stitch.

Roanna Wells is a fine-art artist based in Sheffield (UK). She trained in embroidery and applies this technique to provide for “the conceptual use of mark making and an expressive line, by using stitch as a drawing tool.”

A talisman (late Greek: τέλεσμα) is any object (with or without an inscription or images) that is alleged to bring luck or other benefits to its owner and/or wearer.

A table carpet may be a thick, decorative textile placed over a table. Although called a carpet, it needs neither to be made with a pile nor placed on the floor. Such ‘carpets’ were removed or covered with a linen cloth when the table was in use. This type of table covering was popular in Europe from at least the fifteenth century onwards.

Margaret Swain (née Hart) was an English textile historian, who was particularly interested in embroidery and the social/economic factors behind its production and use. She was married to Richard Swain (a bacteriologist), who worked at Edinburgh University.

A single pattern quilt has a pattern based on the repetition of a single block design. GVE

John Ruskin, also known as the Sage of Coniston, was an English artist and art critic, who was involved in various nineteenth century movements, notably the Arts and Crafts Movement headed by William Morris. Ruskin was an art patron, painter, water colourist, as well as an art critic and social commentator. His work influenced many artists and artisans, including embroiderers.