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Bed Cover

1932 (made)
Place of origin
Carmarthenshire (made)

Wholecloth cotton quilt, worked in red cotton thread with a pattern characteristic of the Carmarthenshire region of South Wales. Rural Industries Bureau commission, 1932.

Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Bed cover
Materials and techniques
Cotton
Cotton Thread
Quilting
Brief description
quilted cotton sateen, Welsh, 1932; Rural Industries Bureau (RIB)
Physical description
Wholecloth cotton quilt, worked in red cotton thread with a pattern characteristic of the Carmarthenshire region of South Wales. Rural Industries Bureau commission, 1932.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 1.14kg
Object history
Made by Miss Muriel Rees of Carmarthenshire. This quilt, along with T.134-1932 was commissioned by the V&A from the Rural Industries Bureau.
Historical context
The Rural Industries Bureau (RIB) was established in 1921 by the Ministry of Agriculture and was funded through the Development Commission. Its purpose was to develop rural industries by providing technical advice and assistance to country workshops. It produced various booklets and reports and the quarterly magazine, Rural Industries. In 1968 the Bureau merged with the Rural Industries Loan Fund to create the Council for Small Industries in Rural Areas (CoSIRA). The Development Commission and CoSIRA merged in 1988 to form the Rural Development Commission.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.133-1932

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Record createdAugust 4, 2008
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O164911/bed-cover/
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