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Colour photograph, within a Kodak mount, of the reverse and sides of a quilted dressing gown made by Irene Morgan (nee Davies). Date of photograph unknown, probably 1980s-90s. The dressing gown is photographed on a quilt made by the same maker.

Irene Morgan, born in 1905, learned to quilt at Aberdare Technical College in 1928. The class was organized by the Rural Industries Bureau as part of a scheme to bring employment and to revive craft skills in the coalmining areas of south Wales. Quilting classes were set up in Aberdare, Porth, Merthyr Tydfil, Abertridwr, Splott in Cardiff, and Blaina.