Quilt No.660PR - Pauline Rogers
Description:
Machine constructed patchwork quilt of mainly cotton materials in squares. There is feather stitching as decoration along the seams. There is no padding and the backing is a wholecloth of gold damask like material.
2515 x 2312mm
2515 x 2312mm
History:
" This quilt was brought into me by a woman who wouldn't give her name and she asked if I could sell it for her. I couldn't let it go."
[Pauline Rogers 9.6.98]
Pauline Rogers 1998
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