ALHAMBRA QUILTS

The cheapest quilt made, and very popular. Made all cotton with bold designs. Jacquard machines are used. The width of the cloth varies from 100 to 108-in. and length about 84-in. Standard cloths are: - (1) 108-in. X 84-in., 56 / 2 reed, 2 / 26's figuring warp, 2 / 40's ground warp, 36 picks, 6's condenser weft. (2) 108-in. X 84-in., 56 / 2 reed, 2 / 16's figuring and 24's ground warps, 30 picks, 4's or 6's weft, 100 yards of cloth from 120 yards figure, 105 ground. The coloured figuring ends vary from 1 to 4 in a mail of the harness, with one ground end to each mail. Two beams arc used, one for the coloured warp drawn through the jacquard harness, the other for ground warp drawn through the healds. For Colonial use the following has become popular: - and 5's weft.

See Alhambra Quilts.

Originally a term applied to a cushion, bed, mattress or bedcover that was quilted by putting wadding between two cloths and stitching the two cloths together. The stitching can be arranged to form pattern in addition to binding the two cloths together. " Quilts " is now a general term, and includes the bedcovers known as Alhambra, Broche, Grecian, Honeycomb, Marseilles, Mitcheline, Tapestry and Terry.

Originally a term applied to a cushion, bed, mattress or bedcover that was quilted by putting wadding between two cloths and stitching the two cloths together. The stitching can be arranged to form pattern in addition to binding the two cloths together. " Quilts " is now a general term, and includes the bedcovers known as Alhambra, Broche, Grecian, Honeycomb, Marseilles, Mitcheline, Tapestry and Terry.