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[ 576JT ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Jillian Towers - Country/Place Created: ENGLAND and AUSTRALIA - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Babs Taylor migrated to Australia from England after the war. She died in the late 1970s." |
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[ 578AK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Aliki Kretsis - Country/Place Created: GREECE, Island of Lesvos - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Aliki Kretsis and Her Paploma
Aliki Kretsis was born in 1915 on the Greek island of Lesvos (more commonly known as Mytilini), in the village of Aghia Paraskevi. In keeping with Greek tradition, a 'paploma' (quilt) was an essential..." |
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[ 579MR ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Mileva Robev - Country/Place Created: FYR MACEDONIA - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Mileva's Quilt
In keeping with tradition Mileva's mother Velika, ordered this quilt from the local quiltmaker in the city of Bitola, in southern Macedonia (part of the former Yugoslav Republic). The quilt was part of Mileva's..." |
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[ 582HIS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Utilitarian
Owner: Illawarra Historical Society Inc - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Ethel Urwin Roberts 1887 - 1965
Ethel Urwin Smith was born in Bulli NSW in August 1887 and her father, John Urwin Smith' had been killed in the Bulli mine disaster in March the same year. This explosion killed 81 men and..." |
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[ 583SC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle
Owner: Susanne Cody - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " Olive Birch (married at 45 years) had always worked at the Singer Sewing Machine shop in Auburn St Goulburn. They had a button covering service and when customers came in to have their buttons covered Olive would carefully collect..." |
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[ 584NP ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle
Owner: Nini Priestely - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA VIC - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Lucy Lillian Cock was born at Baringhup in April, 1908, horse and buggy days. Family moved to Camberwell then to William Street, Brighton near 'Castlefield', a grand home and property owned by her grandfather. She attended 'Firbank'..." |
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[ 586CW ] Quilt Style: Pieced Animal skins, Native Fauna
Owner: Colin Wilkinson - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Skins for my fur rug were obtained during licensed culling, by shooting, of kangaroos on my family's property 'Hillview' Yellowin, at the top end of Blowering valley. The kangaroos were shot by my father during a number of winter..." |
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[ 587MW ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued
Owner: Margaret Wilson - Country/Place Created: TAHITI - Date: 1921 - 1940
Quilt History: "The maker of the quilt is unknown. It is thought to have been a presentation gift to the present owner's aunt and uncle when they left Tahiti c.1930. It is not used now." |
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[ 590PR ] Quilt Style: Pieced Animal skins, Exotic Animals
Owner: Patricia Roche - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "*The Schultz Wagga Wagga Tannery [notes from Harry Schultz Feb.2000]
The German side of the family came out about the 1930s, when many other Lutherans came to South Australia. They were furriers, tanners and dyers in..." |
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[ 591PR ] Quilt Style: Pieced Animal skins, Native Fauna
Owner: Patricia Roche - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "*The Schultz Wagga Wagga Tannery [notes from Harry Schultz Feb.2000]
The German side of the family came out about the 1930s, when many other Lutherans came to South Australia. They were furriers, tanners and dyers in..." |
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