{"product_id":"quilts-the-fabric-of-war-1760-1900","title":"Quilts: The Fabric of War 1760-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat extraordinary history these quilts tell us: from Mozart, at the age of eight playing the piano for George III, to a quilt copied from the altarpiece of Luther's church in Wittenberg, to the history of the release of Venice from Austria to become part of Italy. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat binds all these patchworks together is they were made by a technique called intarsia (which is like marquetry in wood). They are made out of a broadcloth, a heavy woollen cloth always used for military uniforms in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. The fabric does not exist today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach story quilt, some showing scenes quite often of everyday life, involves some piece of military history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peribo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48717298532666,"sku":"9780947349721","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/6449\/4906\/files\/9780947349721.jpg?v=1755069104","url":"https:\/\/titlemusicfilmbooks.com\/products\/quilts-the-fabric-of-war-1760-1900","provider":"TITLE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}