Quilt No.789EF - Elaine Farrow
Owner:
Elaine Farrow
Location:
ACT
Maker
Maker:
Elaine Farrow's Mother
Made in
AUSTRALIA NSW
Patterms
Date:
1921 - 1940
Description:
The padding is heavy chaff bags hand sewn to fit a 3/4 or single bed. The top is fawn cotton with a 100mm border of brown twill cotton. The backing is brown twill cotton the same as the border on the top.
2100 x 1400mm (approx)
2100 x 1400mm (approx)
History:
This quilt was made by the mother of the present owner at Illabo NSW about 1929-1931. It has been used by various family siblings and is still in use in a holiday cottage.
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