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Turkey Red North Country Strippy
Strippy Quilts were a common design in the North East of England during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This example has five rows of floral patterned
Turkey Red cotton and four rows of white cotton. The backing is the
same discharge printed Turkey Red fabric.
Turkey red discharge print
Multicoloured, large scale, elaborate floral designs could be created simultaneously on a Turkey Red background by printing discharge pastes which had been mixed with other chemicals. This process was possible from 1820s, but remained popular throughout the nineteenth century.
The quilting design on all these Turkey Red print strips is a broad cable.
Patterned Turkey Red and White North Country Strippy
Barnsley Museum Collection. No provenance, but likely to have been made in the North of England, 1880 - 1920.
Measurements: 98" x 85" (250 cm x 216 cm)
Bellows quilting design on outer two white strips
The "Bellows" quilting design was common in the North East of England.
Mirrored sets of gently waving lines left a central space which was often filled with a square diamond grid
Quilting design on inner two white strips
These two strips have a continuous design which can be interpreted as four-petaled flowers, probably marked by drawing round a plate or large tea-cup.
Each Turkey Red strip is hand-quilted pattern with cables. The
outer white two strips are bellows infilled with square diamonds and the
inner two white strips are four-petaled flowers infilled with chevron
and square diamonds.
The edges are butted and very badly machine
sewn.The quilt is in excellent condition, but nothing is known of its
provenance. Its original listing described it as "blanket"!
Also in the Barnsley Museum collection is a handsome quilted housecoat in floral turkey red. This can be view here on the museum's website.
There are several other Strippy Quilts in this BQSG Gallery.
e.g. Coundon Strippy Quilt
