Pick of the week: Quilt from a life of cold comfort sells to Bowes Museum at Tennants' auction

The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle was among the buyers when Tennants sold 13 quilts that belonged to Durham hill farmer Hannah Hauxwell (1926-2018) on February 9.

Hauxwell  assumed something close to celebrity status after appearing in the 1972 documentary Too …

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