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[ 272EK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Effie Katianos - Country/Place Created: GREECE - Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "Made by the owner's grandmother, her father's mother, for her glory chest, before 1949. Made in Amfisafokidos, Greece. Owned by Effie Katianos, who brought the quilt to Australia in 1956." |
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[ 273ET ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Efthimia Toubakaris - Country/Place Created: GREECE - Date: 1941 - 1970
Quilt History: "The maker is believed to be a man. Made in Greece and given to the owner, Effie Toubakaris, when she became affianced. The quilt was brought to Australia in 1950." |
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[ 287PS ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Patricia Sheahan - Country/Place Created: SHIPBOARD Ireland - Date: 1881 - 1900
Story of Quilt: "The quilt has not really been used as a quilt for at least sixty years. It is very heavy. My mother used it as a layer between the wire mattress of the double bed and the old kapok mattress so that as a child I saw it when the..." |
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[ 326DW ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Dulcie Williams - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "The quilt was originally two quilts, made as a baby welcoming gift for twins. As the children grew up the two quilts were joined together and so had an extended life.
The Little family were a pioneer family in the Miles district..." |
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[ 337IPV ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Inverell Pioneer Village - Country/Place Created: Unknown - Date: 1881 - 1900
Quilt History: "Maker unknown. Made c.1890." |
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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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[ 399SM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Santa Maltese - Country/Place Created: ITALY Sicily - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: " This quilt was left to Santa by her mother who died when Santa was 3 years old. When Santa married in Italy in 1951 and she used it then - she has found it too heavy to use in recent years. It is a treasured memento of Santa's..." |
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[ 553CK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Durham
Owner: Christine Kable - Country/Place Created: ENGLAND - Date: 1901 - 1920
Quilt History: "The quilt came to Australia from England in 1926 with Sarah Bell Allington, the grandmother of the present owner, Christine Kable. It is thought to have been made by Sarah's aunt. It then passed to Christine's mother Betsy Mary..." |
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[ 566AM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Alexandra Magloveris - Country/Place Created: GREECE, Island of Kephallonia - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "A Quilt from Kephallonia
When Alexandra Magloveris knew she would be coming to Australia in 1956, she paid the local 'paplomatas (quiltmaker), the equivalent of $A30 to make her 'paploma' (quilt). She chose the beautiful satin..." |
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[ 567IR ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Irini Repaci - Country/Place Created: GREECE, Island of Ikaria - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Five Quilts From Ikaria
These two quilts, owned by Irini Repaci and Nellie Magloveris, are part of the order for five quilts which their mother, Despina, gave to the local mattress-maker on the tiny Greek island of Ikaria, in the..." |
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