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Quilt number:

190CHS

Quilt Image No 1

Owner:

Cobram Shire Historical Society

Location:

VIC Northern

Maker:

Unknown

Country/Place where quilt was made: 

Unknown

Date:

Unknown

Description:

Patchwork quilt in Log Cabin pattern, arranged in 'furrows', and made from cottons, wool and suiting fabrics. Centres of blocks are pastel or dark; dark colours are black, brown, purple blue and red. Pastel side of blocks includes a bright pink. Quilt backing is pieced, with a centre rectangle of cotton surrounded by 5 borders of plain and alternate rectangular pieced strips, in wool and suiting fabrics. Colours are black, dark blue, brown, green, grey and pastels. Inner lining is of cotton pieces, to which the Log Cabin blocks have been machined. 1620 x 1360mm

General Pattern:

Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin, Pieced Random

Quilt History:

Maker unknown. Left at the door of the Red Cross Op Shop in Cobram, who gave it to the Cobram Shire Historical Society.

Additional Quilt Images:

Quilt Image No 2

 

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