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  • Comment la courtepointe a-telle été acquise?:
    Gift from Grandmother.
    Name of Maker:
    Helen
    Nom de jeune fille:
    McArton
    Surname:
    Houston
    Relation avec le propriétaire:
    Grandmother
    Endroits ou l’artiste a vécu:
    Ottawa ON, Tyvan SK
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Dessus fait par:
    Helen McArton Houston
    Piqué par:
    Helen McArton Houston
    Année de l’achèvement:
    1940
    Year is (accuracy):
    Estimate
    Lieu de l’achèvement:
    Saskatchewan
    Other notes:
    This "Wedding Ring" Quilt was made in the early 1940's by Helen McArton Houston (Mrs. J. Stewart Houston), who was over 80 years old at the time. The quilt was given to her grand-daughter, Evelyn Houston, at the time of her wedding in September 1947 to Walter Sutherland, a dairy farmer from the area then known as "The Beaver", not far from the little village of St. Agnes de Dundee in Québec.
    Dimensions en pouces:
    80½" x 68"
    Forme irrégulière?:
    No
    Patron:
    Double Wedding Ring
    Couleur(s) (dominante(s):
    Multi and beige
    Condition générale (dessus):
    Good, Used
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Assemble à la main ou machine ?:
    Hand
    Composé de blocs:
    Straight
    Nombre de blocs (entiers):
    30
    Taille:
    18" diameter
    Couleur:
    Beige and multi
    Coins:
    Rounded
    Tissu:
    100% cotton
    Bande de finition:
    Homemade, bias, front turned back, green
    Edging Detail: Other?:
    Used
    Molleton:
    Unknown
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    Medium weight
    Piquage (à la main):
    Hand
    Condition Piquage:
    Good
    Points par pouce et couleur de fil:
    7 stitches per inch, beige thread
    Noué:
    No
    Modèle(s) de piquage (bloc principal):
    In the ditch
    Tissu:
    Cotton, beige, plain
    Nombre de pièces:
    6
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    One fabric

Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institue for Studies in Canadian Art

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