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471 to 480 of 542 quilts

471.

[ 983VD ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic
Owner: Virginia DeFriest  -  Country/Place Created: USA Arkansas -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "I was told it had been made by 'Mother Bryant' who lived somewhere in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas, USA. It had been presented to my late husband when he was born in 1925. 'Mother Bryant' was not a relation but presumably a close..."

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472.

[ 984VD ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Virginia DeFriest  -  Country/Place Created: USA Arkansas -  Date: Unknown
Story of Quilt: "The quilts were given to the present owner and her husband in 1955 and went with them to the various countries in which James Ellis DeFriest worked: Kenya, Sierra Leone, New Zealand, Ghana and Australia."

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473.

[ 985VD ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Virginia DeFriest  -  Country/Place Created: USA Arkansas -  Date: Unknown
Story of Quilt: "The quilts were given to the present owner and her husband in 1955 and went with them to the various countries in which James Ellis DeFriest worked: Kenya, Sierra Leone, New Zealand, Ghana and Australia."

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474.

[ 986VD ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Virginia DeFriest  -  Country/Place Created: KENYA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Virginia and her husband married in 1950. Her husband's work took them to many countries including Kenya, Sierra Leone, New Zealand and Ghana. Virginia appliquéd and embroidered representations of 12 of the houses in which they..."

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475.

[ 988SH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin
Owner: The Charles Sturt Memorial Museum Trust inc  -  Country/Place Created: ENGLAND Cornwall -  Date: pre 1850
Quilt History: "The quilt was made in the house of the Earl of St. Germain on the Cornwall-Devon border in England. It was made circa 1810. It was brought out to the colony of South Australia very early in the pioneering days." [Ron and Kay..."

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476.

[ 989TL ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Thelma Lithgow  -  Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD England -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "Margaret Clucas nee Lewin, born Isle of Man 1834, married John Clucas and migrated to Australia via England, travelling on the cargo passenger ship the 'Potosi' 1882. While travelling on the 'Potosi' Margaret made the quilt top but..."

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477.

[ 993SJ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Shari Jamieson  -  Country/Place Created: USA Nebraska -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "I remember this quilt as always being in my childhood home. As children in the late 60's, early 70's my sister and I love playing 'Barbies' on it. My grandmother once remarked of the 'thousands' of pieces on it." [Shari..."

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478.

[ 994SJ ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Shari Jamieson  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: Unknown
Story of Quilt: "I received this quilt after my mother died (North Platte, Nebraska, Sept 2000). It was found in the closet. My maternal grandmother died in December 1999 and I don't know if this quilt came from her or if my mother got it somewhere..."

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479.

[ 1000GB ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block, Log Cabin
Owner: Giuliana Bond  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Kim's Cot Quilt. My eldest son Kim was born in November 1959 and my grandmother Leonilde Palandri nee Vignaroli presented me with this quilt when Kim was three weeks old. She must therefore have constructed the quilt in the few..."

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480.

[ 1005JT ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued
Owner: John Tomkin  -  Country/Place Created: USA California -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Mary Tomkin's quilt won a Blue Ribbon at the California State Fair in 1939. It was also part of a quilts and coverlets exhibit held by the Needlework Guild of America, in San Francisco USA, in 1939. This was part of the 'Golden Gate..."

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