Editing Quilting (section)

===Early quilting===
The origin of the term 'quilt' is linked to the Latin word ''culcita'', meaning a bolster, cushion, or stuffed sack. The word came into the English language from the French word ''cuilte''.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Julie |title=History of Quilting |url=http://www.emporia.edu/cgps/tales/quilte~1.html |access-date=31 January 2014 |work=Center for Great Plain Studies |publisher=Emporia State University}}</ref> The first use of the term seems to have been in England in the 13th century.<ref>{{Cite web|title=V&A · An introduction to quilting and patchwork|url=https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/an-introduction-to-quilting-and-patchwork|access-date=2020-06-10|website=Victoria and Albert Museum|language=en}}</ref>

The sewing techniques of piecing, [[appliqué]], and quilting have been used to create clothing and furnishings in various parts of the world for several millennia, and a wide range of unique quilting styles and techniques have evolved around the globe.

The earliest known quilted garment is depicted on the [[Ivory carving|carved ivory]] figure of a [[Pharaoh]] dating from the [[ancient Egypt]]ian [[First Dynasty of Egypt|First Dynasty]]. In 1924 archaeologists discovered a quilted floor covering in [[Mongolia]], estimated to date between 100&nbsp;BC and 200&nbsp;AD.

In Europe, quilting has been part of the [[needlework]] tradition since about the fifth century. Early objects contained Egyptian cotton, which may indicate that Egyptian and Mediterranean trade provided a conduit for the technique. However, quilted objects were relatively rare in Europe until approximately the twelfth century, when quilted bedding and other items appeared after the return of the Crusaders from the Middle East. The medieval quilted gambeson, [[aketon]] and [[arming doublet]]<ref>[http://www.chronique.com/Library/Armour/armyd1.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111228020504/http://www.chronique.com/Library/Armour/armyd1.htm|date=December 28, 2011}}</ref> were garments worn under or instead of [[chain mail]] or [[plate armor]]. These later developed into the quilted [[Doublet (clothing)|doublet]] worn as part of European male clothing from the fourteenth to seventeenth century. The earliest known surviving European bed quilt is the [[Tristan Quilt|Tristan quilt]], which was made in late-fourteenth century Italy from linen padded with wool. The blocks across its center are scenes from the legend of [[Tristan]]. The quilt is {{cvt|320|xx|287|cm|in}}<ref name="tristan">[https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O98183/bed-cover-the-tristan-quilt/ The Tristan Quilt] in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Accessed 5-2-2010</ref> and is in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in [[London]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Julie |title=History of Quilting |url=http://www.emporia.edu/cgps/tales/quilte~1.html |work=Center for Great Plain Studies |publisher=Emporia State University |access-date=31 January 2014}}</ref>