Quilt No.836AG - Annette Gero
Owner:
Annette Gero
Location:
NSW Sydney
Maker
Maker:
Zumma Carraro et al
Made in
AUSTRALIA NSW
Patterms
Date:
1921 - 1940
Description:
The top of this quilt is made from men's suiting samples and the backing is cream cotton. It is machine stitched. There is no padding and no quilting.
2160 x 1550mm
2160 x 1550mm
History:
This is one of 4 quilts made by Zumma Carraro and her mother Emma and sister Nara c.1935. It is now in the collection of Annette Gero.
Story:
"This is one of 4 waggas made by an Italian family after their arrival in Sydney, 1926. They settled in Marsville (NSW), grew fruit and ran a chicken farm. The sample suiting fabrics used to make the 4 waggas were obtained from Italian tailors who had a shop in Bligh Street Sydney�.." [Annette Gero]
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