bed-quilts

He received me with fair words and hospitality, fed us richly, and brought out, after we had talked, his richest bed-quilts.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

The ladies are employed in the manufacture of articles pertaining to a higher culture — I allude, as Mr. Micawber would say, to bed-quilts and pillow-cases — the most gorgeous bed-quilts and pillow-cases — made of patchwork, and now and again you will see a mosquito-bar in course of construction, of course not made of net or muslin because of the awesome strength and ferocity of the

Travels in West Africa 2003

Whenever a smooth bit of road permitted her to take her eyes from the horses she looked back into the wagon, where on a rude bed, under an improvised covering of calico bed-quilts, lay a young man in the delirium of fever.

The Mother of Felipe 1999

It was the dining-room of the hotel, and by the dim light which came from a smoky fire on the hearth, I saw it contained about a hundred people, who, wrapped in blankets, bed-quilts and travelling-shawls, were disposed in all conceivable attitudes, and scattered about on the hard floor and tables, sleeping soundly.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

They sew up stolen property in their bed-quilts and secrete it in the hollow legs of their sleeping-cots, and the women habitually conceal jewels and even coins in the natural passages of the body, in which they make special _saos_ or receptacles by practice.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Infidel again took his place among the bed-quilts and the journey was resumed.

Judith of the Plains Marie Manning

Grave, elderly matrons talked about the prosperity of Zion, which they imagined intimately connected with the event of their minister's marriage; and descending from Zion, speculated on bed-quilts and table-cloths, and rummaged their own clean, sweet-smelling stores, fragrant with balm and rose-leaves, to lay out a bureau-cover, or a pair of sheets, or a dozen napkins for the wedding outfit.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 24, October, 1859 Various

James's departure, she had settled upon the house where the minister and his young wife were to live, had reviewed the window-curtains and bed-quilts for each room, and glanced complacently at an improved receipt for wedding-cake which might be brought out to glorify a certain occasion!

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 Various

It was the dining-room of the hotel, and by the dim light which came from a smoky fire on the hearth, I saw it contained about a hundred people, who, wrapped in blankets, bed-quilts and traveling-shawls, and disposed in all conceivable attitudes, were scattered about on the hard floor and tables, sleeping soundly.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Various

The farmers came into town in home-made sleighs, with bed-quilts and hay piled in the rough boxes.

Main Street 1920