Quilt No.8ARM - Albury Regional Museum
Owner:
Albury Regional Museum
Location:
NSW Riverina
Maker
Maker:
Unknown
Made in
AUSTRALIA VIC
Patterms
Date:
1901 - 1920
Description:
Log cabin patchwork pieces (2) with each block approximately 120 x 120mm. They are diagonally divided into light and dark side. Materials are mainly silks including silk velvets. Each block is stitched on to a backing square, pieces of old blanket, woollens, cottons, many very worn. There is no other backing.
Quilt is hand pieced.
1000 x 1000mm
Quilt is hand pieced.
1000 x 1000mm
History:
The quilt belonged to Mrs Raymar Shaw, the donor's step mother, who was born 1910 in a tent in Wonthaggi, Gippsland.
The quilt was donated to Albury Regional Museum NSW by Elizabeth Willis of Wodonga, Victoria.
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