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REGISTRY NUMBER 1218
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Inherited
    Name of Maker:
    Albina Courville
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Albina Courville
    Relationship to Owner:
    Great aunt
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Quebec
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Albina Courville
    Quilted by:
    Same
    Year Made:
    1894
    Year is (accuracy):
    Estimate
    Place Made:
    Notre Dame De Stanbridge
    Size in Inches:
    85 x 76 inches
    Pattern:
    Double Irish Chain
    Colour (dominant):
    Red and White
    General Condition (Top):
    Good
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Machine
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    One Fabric
    Corners:
    Pieced
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton
    Edging:
    Homecut Straight Binding Front turned back
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Quilting (hand):
    Excellent Good
    Quilting (machine):
    hand
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    9, white
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    Diagonal lines 1/4" apart
    Quilting Pattern (fill-in blocks):
    1/8" in from seam
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton
    Number of Pieces:
    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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