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[ 484JC ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Typically Australian, Motifs or Names
Owner: Jean Cameron - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "The Rev. D.A.Cameron was the Moderator General of the Presbyterian church of Australasia early this century. He was a great friend of the Rev. John Flynn. He was in Bairnsdale in the 1890s and again in the 1920s and also spent time..." |
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[ 578AK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Aliki Kretsis - Country/Place Created: GREECE, Island of Lesvos - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Aliki Kretsis and Her Paploma
Aliki Kretsis was born in 1915 on the Greek island of Lesvos (more commonly known as Mytilini), in the village of Aghia Paraskevi. In keeping with Greek tradition, a 'paploma' (quilt) was an essential..." |
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[ 702BW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Square
Owner: Beryl Warne - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The patches for the quilt were cut from Beryl's dressmaking scraps including from her 'going away dress' and scraps from toddler's clothes and furnishing scraps. Her mother, Ruth Holman, gave her the old wool cream blanket. The pale..." |
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[ 726CK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Christina Kazaglis - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Maria's Quilt
Maria Kazaglis made this quilt for herself, in the 1930's, while living in the flat above their fruit shop in the inner Sydney suburb of Marrickville. This is a very long way from her 'topos' - Castellorizo, or its..." |
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[ 734MF ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Maria Finlayson - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA Sydney - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My Father (maker's grandson) was in the Boy Scouts, so I suspect the Scout badge on the quilt was his. Margaret Smith was the generation that was devoted to the Royal family and thought of England as the Mother country, though they..." |
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[ 748RJ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Rose Jervois - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " The maker came from war torn Austria, to Bonegilla then to Tumbarumba, Railway Land for 5 years, as her husband was a fettler, then settled in Albury St, for the next 40 years, with their 3 children.
Many of the 'pieces' on the..." |
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[ 784CN ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Charlotte Nattey - Country/Place Created: IRELAND Cookstown - Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "This quilt is totally different from the one done by my grandmother and reflects both changing times and the obviously different character of mother and daughter. This quilt is obviously made by eye and not strict measurements - the..." |
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[ 838AG ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Annette Gero - Country/Place Created: ENGLAND - Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "A label on the top border reads: "Scripture Quilt. Copyright all rights reserved. Francis Whitehead Crayford Kent. Executor and Sole manager for the Invalid Widow Designed by the late R.Memprifs
Set of patches from 3/-..." |
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[ 905CFM ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random
Owner: Carbethan Folk Museum - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA - Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Ellen [Haines] arrived from England on her 17th birthday, the 8th May 1850, on the 'Lysander'. She later married the bullock driver who transported her from port Adelaide to her brother (Perc)'s place at Nairne. They arrived at 2..." |
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[ 923CP ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Connie Papalazaros - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Connie's Two Quilts
While Connie Papalazaros was still quite young, her mother Evdokia (Eve) began assembling a 'prika' (dowry or trousseau) for her daughter, in preparation for getting married. Evdokia was being true to her..." |
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