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[[File:Tristan Quilt, V&A 05.jpg|thumb|300px|Detail of the late 14th century linen [[Tristan Quilt]]. Surface wear has exposed the wadding beneath.]]
'''''Trapunto quilting''''' ([[Italian language|Italian]] for "''to embroider''"), also called '''stuffed technique''', is a [[quilting]] technique that is quite decorative in that it utilizes at least two layers, which is padded from the underside. This produces a raised surface on the quilt. This style originated in [[Italy]] in either the [[fourteenth century]] <ref>http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/art/htmls/ks_tech_t.html</ref> or the [[sixteenth century]]. <ref>http://www.quilt.com/History/TrapuntoHistory.html</ref>
[[File:Star Trek Wrath of Khan uniforms.jpg|thumb|The collar on this uniform from ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'' employs the ''trapunto'' method.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Anderson, Kay|year=1982|title='Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan': How the TV series became a hit movie, at last|journal=[[Cinefantastique]]|volume=12|issue=5–6|pages=50–74}}</ref>]]

'''''Trapunto''''', from the [[Italian language|Italian]] for ''"to quilt"'', is a method of '''quilting''' that is also called '''"stuffed technique"'''. A puffy, decorative feature, trapunto utilizes at least two layers, the underside of which is slit and padded, producing a raised surface on the quilt.

==History==
The style originated in [[Italy]] before the 14th century.<ref>[http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/art/htmls/ks_tech_t.html Art:Quilts and Quilters:Techniques:Trapunto<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

==Technique==
Trapunto is often confused with the relatively similar techniques used in making traditional whole cloth [[Provençal quilts]] that were developed from the 17th century onwards in France.<ref name=isa>{{Cite web | last = Etienne-Bugnot| first = Isabelle| title = Quilting in France: The French Traditions | url= http://www.historyofquilts.com/french_quilt_history.html | accessdate = 2010-05-02 }}</ref>

==Earliest==
One of the earliest surviving examples of trapunto quilting is the [[Tristan Quilt]] in the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]], a linen quilt representing scenes from the story of ''[[Tristan and Isolde]]'' which was made in [[Sicily]] during the second half of the 13th century.<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> Another piece of the Tristan Quilt, thought to be from a pair to the V. & A.'s example, is in [[Palazzo Davanzati]] in [[Florence]].<ref name=tristan/>


==Modern==
The technique was used for the inner-tunic collars worn in Starfleet uniforms from ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]].'' As of the 1980s, functional trapunto machines were rare, and the specialized needles which they employed were even rarer.{{cn|date=January 2022}}


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Detail of the late 14th century linen Tristan Quilt. Surface wear has exposed the wadding beneath.
The collar on this uniform from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan employs the trapunto method.[1]

Trapunto, from the Italian for "to quilt", is a method of quilting that is also called "stuffed technique". A puffy, decorative feature, trapunto utilizes at least two layers, the underside of which is slit and padded, producing a raised surface on the quilt.

History

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The style originated in Italy before the 14th century.[2]

Technique

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Trapunto is often confused with the relatively similar techniques used in making traditional whole cloth Provençal quilts that were developed from the 17th century onwards in France.[3]

Earliest

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One of the earliest surviving examples of trapunto quilting is the Tristan Quilt in the Victoria and Albert Museum, a linen quilt representing scenes from the story of Tristan and Isolde which was made in Sicily during the second half of the 13th century.[4] Another piece of the Tristan Quilt, thought to be from a pair to the V. & A.'s example, is in Palazzo Davanzati in Florence.[4]


Modern

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The technique was used for the inner-tunic collars worn in Starfleet uniforms from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. As of the 1980s, functional trapunto machines were rare, and the specialized needles which they employed were even rarer.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ Anderson, Kay (1982). "'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan': How the TV series became a hit movie, at last". Cinefantastique. 12 (5–6): 50–74.
  2. ^ Art:Quilts and Quilters:Techniques:Trapunto
  3. ^ Etienne-Bugnot, Isabelle. "Quilting in France: The French Traditions". Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  4. ^ a b The Tristan Quilt in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Accessed 5-2-2010
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