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Cover, bed   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Cover, bed
Object type Classification: NM3.12184
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English: Patchwork cotton bed cover, hexagonal patchwork (not quilted) with border and multi-coloured pattern lining. Grandmothers Garden quilt maker unknown, England, circa 1850 cotton top, cotton lining hand pieced; hand stitched hexagons made with paper template length 2650 mm x width 2000 mm This quilt was probably brought to New Zealand by the donor’s family and was presented to the Museum with a bag of patchwork pieces, together with other items of family clothing and toys. It uses a traditional English template paper pattern technique. The hexagonal grandmother’s garden pattern, popular in England from the late 18th century, had a renaissance in the 1920s-30s when published by many pattern companies.
Date Unknown; Circa 1850; Victorian-Contemporary Age-European and British-art and design period
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length: 2650mm
width: 2000mm

notes: length 2650 x width 2000 mm
institution QS:P195,Q758657
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10564 (object number)
Place of creation United Kingdom; Europe; England
Credit line gift of Mrs Alice Thomson, North Shore City, collection of Auckland War Memorial Museum, T928, 1983.14.
Notes Museum Tag: Quilting
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