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[ 1014SG ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Sam Genovese - Country/Place Created: ITALY Sicily - Date: 1901 - 1920
Story of Quilt: "'The quilt was called 'cottunata', it was used on the bed in winter time." [Sam Genovese] |
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[ 1016YH ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Yvonne Hamdorf - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA SA - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "This quilt was made in Adelaide by Florence Ann Sharpe for the birth of her grand-daughter, Yvonne Sharpe, in December 1936.
Florence Sharpe, nee Meadows, was born in 1869 in North Adelaide, South Australia. She was raised in her..." |
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[ 1032NG ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Narelle Grieve - Country/Place Created: WALES - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Â...Â...Â..."Months after salvaging the quilt from a garage sale in the Sydney suburb of Gordon, Narelle noticed a photograph of an almost identical quilt in Dorothy Osler's book 'Traditional British Quilts'. Correspondence with..." |
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[ 1034EY ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Edith Young - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA - Date: Unknown
Quilt History: " Quilt was bought in a box of assorted goodies at an auction in Albany WA approx 1990 for one dollar." It is not used." |
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[ 1039JZ ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Jenny Gianoula Zounis - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "This quilt has the distinction of being made by a man - Mr. Stamatis Spahis who was born in about 1935 in Greece. He came to Australia before his marriage in 1964. At the time of his wedding he was an apprentice mattress maker and..." |
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[ 1040KW ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: Kereake Wray - Country/Place Created: AUSTRALIA WA - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "Ekaterina Zounis (nee Stamatikou) was born on the island of Kastellorizo near Rhodes in Greece around 1880. She was married in Greece around the turn of the century and came to Australia in the late 1920s. She would have been in her..." |
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[ 1043WAQ ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: WAQA - Country/Place Created: GREECE Rhodes - Date: 1941 - 1970
Story of Quilt: "It has been, and still is in 2000, a tradition in Greece that parents should provide a quilt for the marriage of each of their daughters. In Australia this tradition has changed to Greek parents giving a bedroom suite and bed linen..." |
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[ 1050WAQ ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element, Durham
Owner: WAQA - Country/Place Created: ENGLAND - Date: 1921 - 1940
Quilt History: "This quilt is owned by the West Australian Quilters' Assn but nothing else is known. It is presumed that it was made in the United Kingdom and brought out to Australia." |
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[ 10641064NTSA ] Quilt Style: Wholecloth, Quilting as major design element
Owner: National Trust of Australia (SA) - Country/Place Created: SCOTLAND - Date: 1921 - 1940
Story of Quilt: "It was the custom to have quilts such as these laid out on a frame, so that any member of the household with a little time to spare could add some more stitching." [Victor Harbour National Trust]
Mr. McDonough became known as..." |
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[ 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..." |
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