Quilt No.142NWM - National Wool Museum
Description:
Child's coverlet, made of woollen squares from suits and jackets.
980 x 700mm
980 x 700mm
History:
Made by V. Denshaw for Chris Neyland, 1951.
Donated to the National Wool Museum by the Running Stitch Group.
Story:
This quilt is one of a collection of quilts known as 'The Running Stitch Collection', donated to the National Wool Museum in 1989 by the Running Stitch Group. (Barbara Macey, Lois Densham, Susan Denton and Jan Ross-Manley).
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