Quilt No.1068VR - Valerie Rivers
Owner:
Valerie Rivers
Location:
SA Country
Maker
Maker:
Elsie Gerson's mother-in-law
Made in
CANADA Toronto
Patterms
Date:
1921 - 1940
Description:
Dresden Plate' quilt with scalloped edge. Made in traditional template method from multicoloured scraps of printed fabrics with counterpoint of turquoise cotton. The 'plates' are set into calico blocks. The backing is calico and the quilt is very finely hand quilted. 2290 x 1950mm
History:
Purchased by the present owner from Elsie Gerson of Toronto, Canada whose mother-in-law made it in New Brunswick Canada between 1930 and 1940. It was purchased in the late 1980s. It is used occasionally,
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