Quilt No.143NWM - National Wool Museum
Owner:
National Wool Museum
Location:
VIC South West
Maker
Maker:
Meg McNab
Made in
AUSTRALIA VIC
Patterms
Date:
1901 - 1920
Description:
Quilt of three layers with matt insert and floral cover.
1300 x 680mm
1300 x 680mm
History:
Made by Meg McNab, Eddendon (Victoria), c.1910. Donated to the National Wool Museum by the Running Stitch Group.
Story:
This quilt is one of a collection of quilts known as 'The Running Stitch Collection', donated to the National Wool Museum in 1989 by the Running Stitch Group. (Barbara Macey, Lois Densham, Susan Denton and Jan Ross-Manley).
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