Quillwork
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Paper filigree work, or quillwork, was first made in the seventeenth century. Samuel Pepys’s diary mentioned it. Quillwork was popular during the eighteenth century, and was made as late as 1870.Small strips of paper were cut about one eighth of an inch wide and rolled into tight spirals of different sizes. The rolled spirals were […]