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Quilt

Isabella COOKE (maker)
Quilt
 (c. 1930)

Medium
cotton, handquilted

Measurements
263.0 × 192.0 cm

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased, 1997

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Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Accession Number
1997.303

Department
Australian Fashion and Textiles

Physical description
The white single bed quilt comprises two layers. The top layer of cotton sheeting is backed with a heavier cotton twill cloth. The two layers are joined by hand-quilting in a chevron pattern stitched with a coarse white cotton thread. Some of the quilt pattern markings in pencil are still visible. The edges of the quilt are bound with straight-grain strips of the white fabric used in the quilt top, and three sides of the quilt have a scalloped edge, leaving the top edge of the quilt straight.

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