White Suffolk Puff Patchwork
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- Maker:
- Lucy Elizabeth Bottle
- Date:
- 1900 - 1919
This unusual Suffolk Puff patchwork is made entirely from white cotton puffs unlike others of its type in the collection which use a range of printed cotton fabrics. It was made by Lucy Elizabeth Bottle, who was born in Ulcomb, Kent in 1844. She worked in domestic service, firse as a housemaid then working her way up to housekeeper by 1871. She never married. It is likely that this piece was made in her later years, before her death in 1919.
