Quilt No.713EGV - Embroiderers' Guild Victoria
Owner:
Embroiderers' Guild Victoria
Location:
VIC Melbourne
Maker
Maker:
Unknown
Made in
USA Kansas
Patterms
Date:
1921 - 1940
Description:
Cotton quilt in a design called 'Crossed Canoes'. Yellow background with various coloured cotton prints. Machine pieced and hand quilted in a diamond pattern. There is a thin padding and the backing is the same yellow cotton as on the top.
2040 x 1690mm
2040 x 1690mm
History:
This quilt was made in Kansas USA, near Wichita, in 1922. The name and details about the maker are unknown. It was purchased by the Embroiderers' Guild Victoria from an American quilt exhibition in 1984.
[EGV No. 744. Any requests to the Guild for information must be in writing.]
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