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[ 389AC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Mosaic, Hexagon
Owner: Ann Cuthbert  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "There is a history of handwork in the family. The quilt has rarely been used as it was too fragile but Ann Cuthbert recalls it being on her bed as a teenager. Ann came to Australia when she was 10 years old. It is thought that..."

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[ 398SM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Santa Maltese  -  Country/Place Created: ITALY Sicily -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Santa made the whole quilt. The design was pencilled on to the fabric. Santa made it in a couple of months - she was a young married woman and had 2 young daughters. They were fashionable at the time and Santa used it on her bed..."

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[ 401AH ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Repeat Block
Owner: Anne Howard  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Agnes McEwan Brown Maxwell - 1876-1970 Born in the port town of Helensborough Scotland which is not far from Glasgow and Loch Lomond. Died in Sydney At the age of 94. Came to Australia from Vancouver, Canada in 1935. ..."

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[ 438RC ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued, Signature
Owner: Robert Constable  -  Country/Place Created: FRANCE -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Quilt History: "The quilt was held by a family in England who brought it to Australia c.1950. It was acquired by the present owner from this family."

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[ 443DC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Dorothy Cawood  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother Francis Jane McElhinney (nee Patterson) was born on the 15.4.1896 at Milford, Letterkenny, Eire and died on the 22.1.1965 at Melbourne. Francis and her husband Robert lived in a 2 storey house at No.1 Sydney Terrace,..."

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[ 444DC ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Pieced Random
Owner: Dorothy Cawood  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "My grandmother Francis Jane McElhinney (nee Patterson) was born on the 15.4.1896 at Milford, Letterkenny, Eire and died on the 22.1.1965 at Melbourne. Francis and her husband Robert lived in a 2 storey house at No.1 Sydney Terrace,..."

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47.

[ 535KBS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Kay Bruce-Smith  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "These quilt tops came to Australia in approximately 1910 as part of the chattels of one, Margaret Dickson (nee McLean). Margaret's father had gone to Northern Ireland from Garamore in Scotland. Garamore is south of Glasgow. Her..."

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48.

[ 536KBS ] Quilt Style: Patchwork, Frame
Owner: Kay Bruce-Smith  -  Country/Place Created: IRELAND -  Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "These quilt tops came to Australia in approximately 1910 as part of the chattels of one, Margaret Dickson (nee McLean). Margaret's father had gone to Northern Ireland from Garamore in Scotland. Garamore is south of Glasgow. Her..."

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[ 551ST ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Embroidered and/or Appliqued
Owner: Sharon Stacy  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: 1921 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The maker of the quilt was Amanda Goehring (1889-1978), daughter of German immigrants to Pennsylvania, U.S.A. She and her family were commonly referred to as Pennsylvania Dutch due to the unpopularity of her German descent of the..."

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[ 552ST ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Signature
Owner: Sharon Stacy  -  Country/Place Created: USA -  Date: 1921 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The maker of the quilt was Amanda Goehring (1889-1978), daughter of German immigrants to Pennsylvania, U.S.A. She and her family were commonly referred to as Pennsylvania Dutch due to the unpopularity of her German descent of the..."

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