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REGISTRY NUMBER 3956
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    How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    Inherited
    Name of Maker:
    Margaret Myrtle
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    McElrea
    Relationship to Owner:
    aunt
    Occupation:
    none
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Portnuef county, Eaton township
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Margaret Myrtle
    Year Made:
    1916
    Year is (accuracy):
    Known
    Place Made:
    Eaton Township, QC
    Location & Technique:
    Crazy quilt top / signature quilt top
    Other notes:
    Mother, father & 3 siblings are represented on the fabric that came from items being discarded including mother's wedding groom. March 1916 - when it was made Margaret Myrtle birthday July 26 1893 Annie McElrea june 18 1906 (the sister) Father - William McElrea may 24, 1864 Mother - Elizabeth McLeod - April 27, 1863 Donald, Angus McElrea, (Nov. 11, 1899) & William Gordan McElrea (May 2, 1896), her brothers. She embroidered a bird sitting on a branch on black silk using yellow embroidery blocs.
    Size in Inches:
    75 to 78 x 73.5 to 78
    Pattern:
    crazy quilt
    Colour (dominant):
    multi
    General Condition (Top):
    Used/Worn
    Technique:
    Embroidered
    Hand or Machine Made:
    Machine
    Block Set:
    Straight
    Block Numbers (whole):
    25
    Size:
    15x15
    Colour:
    multi

Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institue for Studies in Canadian Art

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