Quilt No.709EGV - Embroiderers' Guild Victoria
Description:
This quilt has white cotton bands of hand quilting in between strips of squares in printed cotton, placed on the diagonal. The padding is cotton and there is a cotton backing.
2440 x 1940mm
2440 x 1940mm
History:
Guild record show that the quilt was made by Mrs. C. K. Bland.
[EGV No.290. Any requests to the Guild for information must be in writing.]
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