Quilt No.660PR - Pauline Rogers

Pauline Rogers
Owner: 
Pauline Rogers
Location: 
QLD South West
Maker
Maker: 
Unknown
Made in
Unknown
Date: 
Unknown
Description: 
Machine constructed patchwork quilt of mainly cotton materials in squares. There is feather stitching as decoration along the seams. There is no padding and the backing is a wholecloth of gold damask like material.
2515 x 2312mm
History: 

" This quilt was brought into me by a woman who wouldn't give her name and she asked if I could sell it for her. I couldn't let it go."
[Pauline Rogers 9.6.98]

Pauline Rogers 1998
Pauline Rogers 1998

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