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[ 802MP ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Maria Politis  -  Country/Place Created: GREECE Lefkada -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Maria's Paploma This lovely satin quilt originated in Lefkada, one of the beautiful Ionian islands on the western side of Greece. In 1965, Evangelea Politis, had it specially made as a gift for her daughter-in-law Maria, in..."

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[ 803EK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Effie Kalenderidis  -  Country/Place Created: GREECE Lemnos -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Effie's Paploma Effie Kalenderidis was two years old when she arrived in Australia in 1955 with her parents Chrisoula and Trifonas Karpouzos. They came from the village of Kamenitsa, Arcadia, in the Peloponnesus, the southern..."

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[ 804EK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Effie Kalenderidis  -  Country/Place Created: GREECE Lemnos -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Effie's Paploma Effie Kalenderidis was two years old when she arrived in Australia in 1955 with her parents Chrisoula and Trifonas Karpouzos. They came from the village of Kamenitsa, Arcadia, in the Peloponnesus, the southern..."

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[ 811QVM ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery  -  Country/Place Created: WALES -  Date: 1851 - 1880
Quilt History: "The maker is unknown but the quilt was made in Wales c. 1850 -1870. It was given to William Thomas Huxley and his wife Laura (born Ludbery) when their home and contents were destroyed by bushfires that swept through Anderson's road..."

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[ 819TMAG ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA TAS -  Date: 1901 - 1920
Quilt History: "The cot quilt was made in 1918 and belonged to the Lane family. It was presented to the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery by Elizabeth Christensen in 1999."

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[ 916CK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Christine Kyprios  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: " Christine's Paploma Christine's lovely, dusty-pink 'paploma' (quilt) was made by her mother, Maria Efstathis, during the 1950s in tiny El Arish, north Queensland. Christine is Maria and Eleftheri's third daughter and grew up as a..."

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[ 917AK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Ann Kyranis  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "From Kastellorizo to Queensland Ann Kyranis' lovely 'paploma' (quilt) was one of several made by Maria (Pitsonis) Efstathis. Maria was the only daughter in her family on the tiny Greek island of Kastellorizo, and married Eleftheri..."

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[ 918AP ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Anastasia Penklis  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA QLD -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Anastasia's Paploma This traditional 'paploma'/quilt was made for Anastasia (Esta) by her mother, Maria Efstathis, during the 1950's, in their 'Queenslander' house. Anastasia remembers the big sheet coming out, the 'paploma' being..."

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[ 919MK ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Maria Kirke  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Maria's Paploma Maria's 'paploma' (quilt), still in pristine condition, was made in Sydney in the early 1950s, by the same quiltmaker who made a paploma for her aunt, Nina Conomos. Another aunt, Katina Kiossoglou introduced..."

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[ 920NC ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Greek
Owner: Nina Conomos  -  Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA NSW -  Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "Nina's Paploma In the early 1950's, Nina Conomos' mother Marigo (Kanari) Iconomou ordered this traditional blue-satin 'paploma' (quilt) from a Sydney quiltmaker who may have come from the tiny Greek island of Kastellorizo, as had..."

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