Detail of the patchwork bedspread in Mrs Carlyle's bedroom at at Carlyle's House, 24 Cheyne Row, London, the home of writer Thomas Carlyle and his wife from 1834 to 1881

Detail of the patchwork bedspread in Mrs Carlyle's bedroom at at Carlyle's House, 24 Cheyne Row, London, the home of writer Thomas Carlyle and his wife from 1834 to 1881.