 |
Your search for the category
'SEPARATE INDEX TERMS' produced the following results:
|
511 to 520 of 542 quilts
|
511. |
[ 1088JW ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Durham
Owner: Joyce Wynn - Country/Place Created: ENGLAND - Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Dear Joyce
On the other side of this is a very rough sketch of my quilt but perhaps it will give you an idea of it. It was made by a woman who, in the old days was called a charwoman. She came once or twice a week to do housework..." |
>>
see details |
512. |
[ 1090MP ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Rectangle, Typically Australian, Tailors' samples
Owner: Marjorie Piper - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "Mary Jane Piper had a family of 7 sons and 3 daughters. She did all the family sewing and invisible mending." |
>>
see details |
513. |
[ 1091MC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Margaret Cameron - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Jeanie Margaret Stretch was the second of seven children of Bishop John Francis and his wife Amelia Margaret Stretch. She was born on 19th April 1888, in Melbourne and died on 13 October 1961 in Sydney. She was a violinist and never..." |
>>
see details |
514. |
[ 1092AS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Durham
Owner: Angela Smith - Country/Place Created: ENGLAND - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother was born in 1883, one of eight children. Four of the boys were born in Medomsley, and likely the other children were born in the near vicinity. The family tree (Oley - great grandmother's maiden name) shows birth..." |
>>
see details |
515. |
[ 1094DW ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Donna Wood - Country/Place Created: USA - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The maker of the quilt was my maternal grandmother, Mary Margaret Robiscoe. She emigrated to Detroit, Michigan USA at the turn of the century from Danzig (Poland). She made the quilt for my mother Grace Robiscoe Davis in 1949, who..." |
>>
see details |
516. |
[ 1100JC ] Quilt Style: Typically Australian, Re-used clothing or blanket
Owner: Juliet Cook - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "In 1960 we bought a farm at Neville, NSW, about 35kms out of Blayney. It snows in the winter. I had 4 children and hardly any money. My grandmother, Mrs. Lucy Davidson, (my mother's mother) sent me 2 Wagga rugs. She had re-covered..." |
>>
see details |
517. |
[ 1113HL ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Tumbling Block
Owner: Helen Larkin - Country/Place Created: ENGLAND - Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "The quilt was brought out to Australia from England by my grandmother (who was English) in 1919, following the first World War. My grandparents met after my grandfather had fought in France. The quilt was apparently made by a friend..." |
>>
see details |
518. |
[ 1114JH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Jan Hanslow - Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD - Date: 1851 - 1880
Story of Quilt: "Grace Nicholas was born in Lelant, Cornwall on 20.2.1834. After her father died in 1849, her mother lost possession of the family farm (it passed to another male member of the Nicholas family). Her mother Mary Nicholas (nee..." |
>>
see details |
519. |
[ 1116YG ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Yiota Grigorakis - Country/Place Created: GREECE - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Yiota's Paploma. Yiota's beautiful paploma (quilt) made in 1932, was handed down to her from her mother. It was part of Georgia's prika, the dowry which every Greek girl has when she marries. Georgia's mother, Vasiliki..." |
>>
see details |
520. |
[ 1120DK ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random, Crazy
Owner: Deborah Kooperman - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilt was made by Molly Newman and her friend Ivy Anderson at Leon Road, Dalkeith, Perth WA. The friends used scraps of material from dresses the women wore. Every time a dress went into the rag bag scraps were kept for the..." |
>>
see details |
|
|
|