Quilt No.1030NG - Narelle Grieve
Owner:
Narelle Grieve
Location:
NSW Sydney
Maker
Maker:
Harriet Lambden' Grandmother
Made in
ENGLAND
Patterms
Date:
1851 - 1880
Description:
Folded log cabin, foundation pieced. Machine constructed. Materials are cotton, wool, rayon, flannelette, silk and twill. There is no padding and the backing is cretonne. 2700 x 2100 mm
History:
The quilt was made c.1870 in England by the grandmother of Harriet Elizabeth Lambden. Harriet brought the quilt to Australia in 1913. It was then owned by her daughter Marjorie Smart and is now owned by Narelle Grieve. It is not used.
Related Quilts:
The quilt on longer exists, just the label, but the quilt was squares of flannelette shirt material, velvets and woollen pieces. The backing was calico. The label was sewn to the backing and it reads: 'Red Cross Killarney Manitoba'. It is embroidered in red and is on a white piece of sheeting.
Reused parts of hand knitted woollen jumpers patched together. Wide crocheted edge from wool unravelled from jumpers retrieved from the tip.
1905 x 1525mm
1905 x 1525mm
Double sided quilt. Side 1 has an off centre frame based on a hexagon and including triangles and squares in a concentric pattern. The borders are all small rectangles with a single strip of large rectangles at one end. Side 2 has a central patch of pieced shapes appliqued to the background. The borders are squares and rectangles many in striped shirting cotton. Side 1 has minimal quilting to the interlining but it does not go through to side 2. The padding is a thin sheet.
The circle (sometimes pieced hexagons) is common to other 'Craigmoor' quilts.
1450 x 1230mm
The circle (sometimes pieced hexagons) is common to other 'Craigmoor' quilts.
1450 x 1230mm
Patchwork cradle quilt of pieced repeat blocks. All cotton including cotton filling. Pattern is in faded greens and pinks,"4 pointed star" in circles. There are 20 blocks.
991 x 788mm
991 x 788mm
The top of this utility quilt is machine pieced rectangles of woollen materials joined in strips. It includes corduroys and velveteens and woollen tartan. The backing is an Indian cotton blanket.
1651 x 1271mm
1651 x 1271mm
Cotton quilt made in the USA. The pattern is 'Double Irish Chain'. It is machine pieced and hand quilted. The backing is calico and the padding is cotton,
2134 x 2134mm
2134 x 2134mm