Reaching back to the 1600s, Mi’kmaq quillwork can be seen adorning a wide variety of objects. Commonly seen are small baskets, lidded boxes, and decorated clothing. During the Victorian era in Canada, Mi’kmaq artisans added quilled birchbark panels for furniture to their repertoire of creations. A chair seat or back rest would be fully decorated and sold to individuals, dealers, or directly to a furniture maker who could then mount them into a chair. Like many quilled objects for trade, the presence of the geometric and mirrored patterns woven into birchbark highlight a change in style and practical needs from the time; a skilled quill weaver could arrange and create designs within a day or two, rather than the days or weeks that something more freeform and flowing could take.