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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Gift from Grandmother, brought to Quebec in 1870
    Name of Maker:
    Gagné?
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Gagné?
    Relationship to Owner:
    great-grandmother
    Occupation:
    housewife
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Kleeseville, NY, St. Constant, QC
    Pieced by (top):
    Gagné?
    Quilted by:
    Gagné?
    Size in Inches:
    73.5" x 65"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    Broken Dishes
    General Condition (Top):
    Yellow Fragile Good Used/Worn
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Hand Machine
    Block Set:
    Alternating On Point
    Block Numbers (whole):
    72+56
    Size:
    6
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    One Fabric
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton
    Edging:
    Hand Turned together Homecut Straight Binding
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    light weight, white
    Quilting (hand):
    Regular
    Quilting (machine):
    hand
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    7-8 stitches/inch, white thread
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    1/4 of an inch
    Quilting Pattern (fill-in blocks):
    grid
    Backing Condition:
    Good Stained
    Backing Fabric:
    Cotton
    Number of Pieces:
    4 (one stain)
    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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