Log Cabin Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Julia Jeffries (1846-1919) lived with her husband Jabez at Ournie NSW. They had 11 children.
Skin Rug
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Skin rug, probably rabbit. Centre backs of 72 fine winter skins used, 6 skins across and 9 in length...
Wholecloth Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Emily and Charles Clarke were married in 1890 and had 10 children. They lived all their lives at ‘Arneville’...
Bush Rug
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Mrs. Toose’s husband was a draper and tailor and provided the sample books from which the quilts were made. Mrs. R...
Camping Wagga
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
The top is a wholecloth, coarse, bluish cotton, furnishing weight material, probably part of a curta...
Embroidered Flower Garden Raffle Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
The daughter of Gipsy Jackson said the prize for the raffle included a dressed doll and so her mother thought the quilt ...
Gumleigh Boys’ Home Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Patchwork quilt made up of machine pieced squares and rectangles of cotton dress materials. The bac...
Gumleigh Boys’ Home Wagga No. 1
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Utility quilt, machine pieced from mainly squares of dress materials in many different patterns. Th...
Cot Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Cot quilt. Single piece of floral cotton material top and back (cream background with coloured flow...
Patchwork Rug
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
“Patch Work Rugs When my husband was seriously hurt in a road accident in 1956 he was in hospital for a year then ...
Log Cabin Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Patchwork quilt, machine construction in pink and white twill cotton, log cabin pattern. Each log c...
Utilitarian Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
This quilt was in continuous use on beds at Lankey’s Creek until post war and then at Keith’s house at Mannu...
Wagga Rug
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Lucy’s husband Walter (deceased) worked as a general labourer at ‘Eringoarrah’, a large property near ...
Suiting Samples Buggy Rug
Tumbarumba NSW Austalia
A buggy rug of machine pieced patchwork of men's suiting samples. There is a large diamond of patch...
Gumleigh Boys’ Home Wagga No. 2
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Utility patchwork quilt made up of mainly squares of furnishing material machine pieced. It is back...
Double Sided Hexagon Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Continuous 'sleeve' of hand sewn small hexagons, many woollen, some joined, some darned, plain and p...
Wholecloth Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Austalia
Agnes Chitty (1857-1934) was born Agnes Kersey in the Beechworth district of Victoria. Her mother Maria and father Willi...
Appliquéd Crinoline Lady Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Austalia
Quilt made up of eight white cotton squares, 360 x 360mm, each with a differently coloured crinoline...
Knitted Patchwork Wagga
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Machine pieced top of squares of part jumpers, most hand knitted. The padding is a blanket. The ba...
Suiting Samples Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Catherine Anderson (born Knese) lived with her husband Robert, and their son, John Henry (Jack) in a wattle and daub hou...
Possum Skin Rug
Tumbarumba NSW Australia
Possum skin rug. Skins are recantular centre back pieces, approximately 230mm x 140mm. They are ha...
Crazy Quilt
Tumbarumba NSW Austalia
Machine pieced crazy patchwork quilt in plain, floral and striped cotton materials. Some pieces are...
Double Sided Suiting Samples Wagga
Tumbarumba NSW Austalia
It is thought the tailors’ sample books came from the family store of ‘Le Cerf and Blencowe’ in the Pa...
