Quilt No.13JHS - Junee & District Historical Society

Junee & District Historical Society
Owner: 
Junee & District Historical Society
Location: 
NSW Riverina
Maker
Maker: 
Amelia Cuttle
Made in
ENGLAND
Patterms
Patchwork, Mosaic, Diamond, Tumbling Block
Date: 
1851 - 1880
Description: 
Pure silk hand sewn Tumbling Block quilt incorporating a great variety of silks in plains, florals and stripes. The backing is large rectangles of striped silks or polished cottons. It is hand quilted in a simple square cross hatch.
790 x 1470mm
History: 

The quilt was made in England by Amelia, the wife of the Reverend William Cuttle before they came to Australia. The Rev. William and Mrs Cuttle were grandparents of Dr. Ronald Cuttle. His wife Mrs Ronald Cuttle donated the quilt to the Junee and District Historical Society NSW.

Story: 

Label reads: 'Hand made box pattern patchwork quilt. Made in England by the wife of the Reverend William Cuttle before they came to Australia in 1884. The Rev. William and Mrs Cuttle were grandparents of Dr Ronald Cuttle M.B. B.S. (Melb) FRCS. Presented by Mrs Ronald Cuttle.'
"Enclosed is a photo of a Quilt which we have always believed came to Australia in March 1863 with my great grandparents - Rev William & Mrs Amelia Cuttle. Whether she made it on the way out, or had made it before she left, we are not sure. Unfortunately some parts of it have begun to deteriorate - it is made from mostly silk materials. Some years ago my mother gave it to the Junee Museum where it's displayed in a glass case which my mother provided for its protection. �..Rev William Cuttle came out from the Whitfield Tabernacle Congregational Church, Kingswood Bristol, to be minister of the Geelong (Vic) Congregational Church in 1863."
[Letter from Anne Carter, 1996]

Related Quilts:

National Trust of Australia (WA)
Quilt No.951NTW - National Trust of Australia (WA)
Hexagon quilt in dress and shirting cottons constructed in frame style with a centre rosette of 7 patches surrounded by 4 borders of patterned hexagons alternating with cream patches. The quilt has an inner border of triangles then rows of rosettes alternating with cream patches. The outer border is triangles. There is no padding. The backing is cream linen and has had a 20th century white cotton sateen slipstitched to it.
2045 x 1940mm
Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Joyce Lannin
Quilt No.1027JL - Joyce Lannin
A frame quilt with a pattern using hexagons from crepe de chine and silk material. The centre frame consists of a blue rosette of hexagons surrounded by six rosettes or flowers all with black centres. These are surrounded by rows of hexagons and then a row of flowers and then more hexagon borders. The owner refers to the pattern as 'Grandma's Garden'. 2550 x 2550 mm
Patchwork, Frame
Gillian Sullivan
Quilt No.86GS - Gillian Sullivan
Quilt made of 9120 very small Suffolk Puffs, each one about the size of a 20 cent piece. "Each piece backed and the front of it drawn up like a reticule. It was not backed and was rather fragile, so I backed it on to a sheet, as it was heavy and in danger of tearing when lifted." [Gillian Sullivan]
2360 x 2230 mm
Patchwork, Suffolk Puff
Red Cliffs Historical Society
Quilt No.453RCH - Red Cliffs Historical Society
Crazy patchwork quilt pieced from velvets, satins, braids, taffetas, cottons with some decorative stitching. A ruffle and the backing are in ruby red satin. There is a dacron type padding.
1620 x 1200mm
Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Una Braby
Quilt No.908UB - Una Braby
Frame quilt pieced from square, rectangular and triangular pieces from plain and patterned cotton. The central motif of the rooster is appliqued in red cotton on white background with a border of red triangles. There is a white cotton backing.
2000 x 1925mm
Patchwork, Frame
National Gallery of Australia
Quilt No.977NGA - National Gallery of Australia
" A wide range of cotton fabrics have been used to make this quilt in the traditional log cabin style. The strips of the log cabin are joined by rows being hand sewn onto a small square backing fabric, each square of strips has then been hand sewn together to form the quilt. The work is backed with a sateen printed fabric decorated with paisley design. A strip of the lining trims the edge of the front face of the quilt. The lining is attached with machine stitching. There are numerous tacking stitches that remain in the front face of the quilt. There are approx 9000 pieces in the quilt, most being only 5mm in width.
The quilt is of three layers because the strips of the log cabin are attached to a backing piece, and then the quilt is lined; however it is not padded." [NGA]
Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin