Circa 1930s Green Satin Quilted Bed Cover, comprising central roundel with feather, floral and diamond quilting, pale peach cotton to the reverse, later edged with pleated valance of Hull Stafford Fabrics Tropical Fish Pattern Designed by Thomas Smith, quilt size 130cm by 198cm and valance drop 45cm; Matching Head Board Cover, in green quilted satin with Hull Stafford pleated trim; Early 20th Century Purple Satinised Wholecloth Quilt, decorated with a large central flower head, diamond quilting to the main and 'wave' design to the border, pale yellow to the reverse, 210cm by 235cm; Pink Strippy Cotton Quilt, with pale pink cotton main and darker pink stripes to each side, reverse is white with pale pink stripes, 195cm by 250cm (4)

The vendor's grandparents were born and lived in Sunderland from the 1880's. Her grandmother was a devout Presbyterian and member of St Peter's Church on St Mark's Road (which was later demolished). From the 1920s she, with other ladies, would meet one afternoon a week to sew, the vendor recalls 'trestle tables and framework with the layers of material for the Durham quilts'.