Quilt No.332EGN - Embroiderers' Guild of NSW Inc
Description:
Frame quilt in linen has a centre motif in broderie perse applique of a blue urn topped with a blue basket of flowers, and perched on the basket handle a parrot. This is in a blue oval, with butterflies, a ribbon at the top and several posies of roses. Either side is a panel of broderie perse flowers. There is a narrow frame of patterned fabric, then a border of triangles pieced to make squares, with octagonal printed patches at each corner. The outer border is of appliqued circles of printed fabric on a dark background. Hand sewn.
1770 x 1730mm
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1770 x 1730mm
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History:
Maker unknown. Fabrics used date to and before 1815, so date of making would be c.1815. Previously owned by Mrs W.Prescott and Mrs Prue Socha. Owned by the Embroiderers' Guild New South Wales Inc.
Story:
Found by Prue Socha in the linen press after her grandmother's death. No-one in the family had known of its existence. Prue is a past President of the Embroiderers Guild of NSW Inc.
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