Quilt No.850AG - Annette Gero
Owner:
Annette Gero
Location:
NSW Sydney
Maker
Maker:
L Dawdrey
Made in
AUSTRALIA VIC
Patterms
Date:
1881 - 1900
Description:
Hand pieced and embroidered crazy quilt in silks, satins, velvets and ribbons. It is signed 'L.Dawdrey, Melbourne' and dated 1889. The embroidered motifs include, a spray of wattle worked in wool, two naval badges, a kettle, fans, beetles, a shamrock, roses, hearts.There is also one log cabin block.
1900 x 1700mm
1900 x 1700mm
History:
The quilt was made by L. Dawdrey in Melbourne and is dated 1889. It is now in the collection of Annette Gero.
Story:
"The development of Victorian tastes brought into vogue an entirely different type of patchwork, a collection of crazy patches in random order - the greater the diversity of stitches and fabrics the better. The crazy quilt phase swept the world beginning in the 1880s and patterns and instructions appeared in women's journals overseas and in Australia. Vast numbers of Australian crazy patchwork quilts were made. They contained a variety of exotic fabrics such as silks, satins, velvets, ribbons, often embellished with embroidery and pictorial appliques����" [Annette Gero]
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