Explore the CollectionQuilt

Measurements
196cm x 164.5cm
Place of Origin
South Australia
Historical Period/Date
20th Century (1930-1969 Mid)/1934
Registration Number
2013-003
Donated/Purchased
Donated
Techniques
Drawn Thread Work,Patchwork,Surface Stitchery,
Objects
Bed Covers,Household Textiles,Quilts,

Physical Description

Chronicle Quilt: worked to the bird designs in the SA weekly paper "The Chronicle" in 1934. Consists of blocks of cotton head cloth - birds embroidered in naturalistic colours with coloured cotton against pale green ground fabric alternating with blocks of drawn thread work in darker green. The whole is bound and backed with the darker green.

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