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REGISTRY NUMBER 2357
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Gift from My Mother
    Name of Maker:
    Mary Ruth
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Meyers
    Surname:
    Tessier
    Relationship to Owner:
    Mother
    Occupation:
    Nurse
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Quebec City - Three Rivers - Montreal
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Mary Ruth Meyers Tessier
    Quilted by:
    Mary Ruth Meyers Tessier
    Year Made:
    1998
    Year is (accuracy):
    Estimate
    Place Made:
    Quebec city
    Other notes:
    Isabelle Brown Meyers (Grandmother) of woner made centre blocks with fabrics from the Three rivers Wabasso Mill where her husband worked. Addtional blocks by Ruth Meyers Tessier & Julie Tessier. blocks: endless chain (newspaper clipping )
    Size in Inches:
    58 1/2 * 49 1/2
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Endless chain
    Colour (dominant):
    Pastel
    General Condition (Top):
    GoodLike New
    Technique:
    AppliquéPatchworkOther (please specfify)
    Hand or Machine Made:
    MachineHand
    Block Numbers (whole):
    24 1/2
    Border Number:
    1
    Border Width(s):
    2"
    Border Colour(s):
    Green
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    Assemble PlainOne Fabric
    Corners:
    Straight
    Edging:
    ColourHomecut Straight BindingHandMachineFront turned back
    Batting:
    Polyster
    Quilting (hand):
    Good
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    5-7
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    1/4 echo around hexagons
    Quilting Pattern (fill-in blocks):
    Repeat of the hexagons in corners
    Quilting Pattern (sashing):
    Straight lines
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    CottonColourPlain
    Number of Pieces:
    1
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    Assemble PlainOne Fabric

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

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