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REGISTRY NUMBER 2341
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Daughters of maker
    Name of Maker:
    Valda
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Klekeris
    Surname:
    Berzinis
    Relationship to Owner:
    Roberts grandmother
    Occupation:
    Farmer / upper middle class Landowner
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Vaidava, Gaizinkalns, Vestiena, RTGA (Latvia), Pierrefonds (Canada)
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Valda Klekeris Berzinis
    Quilted by:
    Valda Klekeris Berzinis
    Year Made:
    1969-71
    Year is (accuracy):
    Estimate
    Place Made:
    Pierrefonds
    Markings on Quilt:
    Labels
    Location & Technique:
    Photo transfer / laser printed, on back, lower corner
    Wording of Information:
    I Latvian : #2 of approx 8 bedcovers, made aprox 1969 by Roberts grandmother, Valda Berzinis nee Kiekeris b. 27 May 1887 in Vaidava, died 1974, Montreal at the age of 87. Roberts mother Astra was one of Valda's 3 daughters, with Elga Cops & Ilze snikert
    Other notes:
    Valda came to Canada from Latvia in August 1962 after the occupying soviet union began to Auon the Elderly and/or ill to emigrate, in exchange for monetary "Compensation of" (In the case) $10000, so that they could join their families that had escaped the atrocities WWII. One of approx. 8 quilts made au in the same style from reused clothing one two known remaining quilts. Backing table cloth or bought xardact . Red wool from Roberts prefect jacket (west hill H.S.)
    Size in Inches:
    84 1/2 * 57
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Squares
    Colour (dominant):
    Burgundy & browns
    General Condition (Top):
    Good
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Machine
    Block Set:
    Straight
    Block Numbers (whole):
    140 1/2
    Size:
    6*6
    Colour:
    Brown & burgundy
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    One Fabric
    Fabric:
    WoolOther
    Fabric Detail: Other?:
    Clothing
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    6"
    Tied:
    Yes
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    CottonColourPrinted
    Number of Pieces:
    1
    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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