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REGISTRY NUMBER 1395
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  • Name of Maker:
    LAVINA GORDON
    Relationship to Owner:
    MOTHER IN LAW
    Occupation:
    RETIRED
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    WYMAN QC.
    Pieced by (top):
    LAVINA GORDON
    Quilted by:
    TYPED BY LAVINA GORDON
    Year Made:
    1918
    Place Made:
    WYMAN
    Other notes:
    THIS A PATCHWORK QUILT MADE BY MY LATE MARKET IN LOW LAVINA GORDON IN THE EARLY 1930'S AND GIVEN TO HER SON JAMES CECIL GORDON. AS YOU CAN SEE IT SURE HAS BEEN USED AND APPRECIATED BEFORE THE DAY OF FURNACE. PRESENT OWNER IS ELSIE GORDON 1918 DATE 'M.G' MARY GORDON 'J.G' JAMES GORDON 'E.G' EDYTHE GORDON LIKELY BACKED LATER - TIES A NEWER WOOL- EDGES NOT STRAIGHT- FOUNDATION, BLUE PRINT QUILT SEEN BEFORE 1900, QUILT WAS LIKELY LARGER ORIGINALLY
    Size in Inches:
    66 * 54
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    FOUNDATION METHOD, CRAZY QUILT
    Colour (dominant):
    MULTI COLOUR
    General Condition (Top):
    Damaged- not repaired
    Hand or Machine Made:
    HandMachine
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    One Fabric
    Fabric:
    SilkOther
    Fabric Detail: Other?:
    VELVET CORDUROY BLUE FOUNDATION 19th CENTURY
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    ORANGE & GREEN WOOL
    Tied:
    Yes
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    CottonPlain
    Number of Pieces:
    2
    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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