Embroidered Signatures ProjectKranz Family: Cloth

Owner

Private Collections

Region

Barossa

Creator

Gladys Mary Kranz (nee Both)

Measurements

88cm x 87.5cm

Historical Period/Date

20th Century (1900-1929 Early)/1930s

ID Number

ESPO-061

Classifications

Back Stitch,Cloths,Stem Stitch,

Physical Description

Square ecru linen cloth with signatures embroidered in red cotton thread. Three signatures and a date, written with a blue pen have not yet been embroidered. The names are placed randomly over almost the entire cloth. The edges of the cloth have been folded to the front with mitred corners, turned over and machine stitched to create a 5.5cm border.

Theme and Purpose

Commemorative A record of names of the Kranz family, their neighbours and friends most of which were collected and embroidered by Gladys Mary Kranz nee Both in the 1930s. Her daughter, Moira Dawn "Dawn" Birtley nee Kranz added more embroidered signatures after Gladys died.

Signatures

Below are the names that have been transcribed from this object. Multiple instances of a name on one object is indicated by a bracketed number after the name. A name in bold appears on other objects. Click these names to see the other objects.