Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 2100
Decorative 20th Century Hand Quilted Items and Embroidered Linen, comprising a yellow silk hand quilted bag depicting lovers knot to each side, with a brass hinged clasp and faux bamboo handle, 32cm by 27cm (excluding handle)three semi-circular teapot covers hand quilted with decorative designs in yellow, raspberry and blue silk type fabric, 33cm by 25cmtwo others of oval shape with pleated sides in pink and bluecream linen table cloth hand embroidered with floral and geometric motifs, 80cm by 140cm and a similar tea cosy(8)Mary Lough CollectionMary Lough (1886-1968) of Chapman Hill Farm, Witton le Wear, was a leading expert of handmade quilts in Co Durham. Mary learnt to quilt at a young age helping her mother sew by candlelight, she became the first North Country quilter to formally teach quilting, by setting up classes in Weardale and local areas. By the 1950s she had achieved a national reputation through exhibiting at the V&A, Beamish among others, and quilting for clients all over the UK, Australia and America.One of Mary's students who she helped achieve her City and Guilds Diploma in 1952 was Amy Emms MBE. Her quilts represent the motifs familiar with North Country quilts including swirling intricate patterns, curvilinear shapes, feathers, sheaves of corn, plate/circle, fan, roses, lovers knots, cables circles.
