Another type of interlocking rings can be seen in the gimmal ring. These interlocked rings came into trend in the 15th and 16th century in Europe. It had rings which could be interlocked. There was tradition of wearing the engagement ring of both the bride and bridegroom by the bridegroom himself after the marriage.
It is believed that these interlocked rings came to America in the 17th century by the Germanic people. The interlocking pattern was seen on the ceramics and other decorative pieces in ancient America.
In the year 1928, Capper‘s weekly for the first time published the double wedding ring pattern
In 1932, a myth was published which told how the pattern was named. The booklet connected the wedding ring quilt to civil war.
The first wedding ring quilt has a 19th century origin in the Shelburne museum. The double ring wedding pattern is seemed to be used until 1920’s. This quilt is known as the Pincushion Quilt. This double ring wedding pattern was used under different names like rainbow, pickle dish, endless chain, king tut etc. The quilt pattern was visualized differently in different ages and region.
In the early friendship knot pattern, the ring pieces were stitched together. And later on fabric was applied on it. But in the 20th century, the women folk began to sew it together to make a quilt.
The 9 patch variation wedding quilt is another quilt which uses a lot of scraps in it. It was thought that this type of quilt helps people to get rid of depression.
Another wedding quilt is the BMA quilt. It is made on solid fabrics. It is one of the collections in the Baltimore collection of art.
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