Compare the applique panel dated 1775 which Florence Peto found in New Orleans (below) with two quilts from the same period made in southern Germany (right).  All use the same applique technique.  (Images from Peto's Historic Quilts and von Gwinner's History of Patchwork Quilts.)  Click on any image to enlarge it.  Note the late Medieval European clothing and 18th century European uniforms on the figures in Peto's panel.