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Metadata
Object ID # |
2010.090.001 |
Object Name |
Quilt, Bed |
Other Name |
Quilt, Signature |
Title |
Red Cross Name Quilt from S.S. #8 Derby School |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Year Range from |
1914 |
Year Range to |
1918 |
Made |
Red Cross at S.S.#8 Derby School |
Place of Origin |
Derby Township (formerly), Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
Description |
signature quilt / name quilt, made of red embroidery on white cotton, with white, machine-stitched thread. Although it is pieced together, it is not quilted. The plain white binding is 1.2-1.3 cm wide. The title block area is 54 cm wide and has "S S No 8 Derby" above a cross outline, with a double column of red-embroidered names. The other blocks are approximately 27 cm x 28 cm, with four rectangular corner blocks with embroidered maple leaf motifs. When observed closely, the pencil lines which helped the embroiderer keep the name lines straight are visible on the blocks. The blocks have a central name, with four names arranged on angles around it. Block 2: Myrtle Barclay, W. McCullough, Isabel Couper, Mabel Barclay, Mr. D. Moore. Block 3: Mrs. R. Atchison, A. Pierson, Harold Cox, Robt. Nelson, Gertrude Foster. Block 4: Mrs. Wm. Couper, Wm. Foster, R. I. Wade, Thos. Foster, Bertha Elliot. Block 5: Miss M. Foster, Mrs. A. King, Earl Barfoot, R. Barfoot, Mrs. R. Marshall. Block 6: Helen McKinnon, Mrs. W. Barfoot, Mr. A. Barfoot, Mr. W. Barfoot, Mrs. A. Barfoot. Block 7: Jennie Radbourne, Mr. S. Deyell, Mrs. J. Warren, Mrs. E. McDonald, Mrs. S. Deyell. Block 8: Grace Marshall, Mr. W. H. Marshall, Mary Marshall, Ruth Radbourne, Mrs. A. Forgrave. Block 9: Lily Witherspoon, Anna Davidson, Mr. D. Livingston, Mrs. J. Witherspoon, Mrs. W. H. Marshall. Block 10: Sadie McNeil, Mr. J. Marshall, Mrs. W. E. Bowman, Mr. W. E. Bowman, Mrs. Jno. Robertson. Block 11: Evelyn Kinchen, Mrs. M. Kinchen, George Kinchen, Mr. J. W. Lambkin, Mrs. J. W. Lambkin. Block 12: Ella Bowman, Elgin Foster, Viola Stephens, Edith Barnard, Rae Bowman, Gladys Caswell, Nell Foster, Dorothy Marshall, Inez Barfoot, Willie Wiley, Leslie Holcombe, Arnold McGregor, Ritchie Robinson, David Stephens, Amy Evans, Belle Foster, John McGregor, John Stephens, Lillian Byers, Willard Lambkin, Gladys Evans, Clifford Bowman, Melville Marshall, Merton Barfoot, Claude Barnard, Norman Elliott, Annie Bowman, Annie Mole, Marshall Newman, Clarence Robertson, Alma Barfoot, Clara Warren, Isabel Newman, Eleanor Elliott, Willie Walker, Harvey Warren, Wesley Barnard, Edna J. Warrington. Block 13: Mr. W. Ireton, Mr. J. Sanderson, Mr. R. Bowman, Mrs. R. Bowman, Mr. G. Bowman. Block 14: Mrs. R. Foster, Mrs. T. Elliot, Mr. J. Radbourne, Mr. R. Foster, Mrs. T. Elliott. Block 15: Russel Robertson, George Hewitson, John Barfoot, Mrs. M. F. Reid, Mrs. W. Byers. Block 16: Hugh McNeil, Mrs. E. McDonald, T. Mundle, Milly Mundle, Annie Mundle. Block 17: Mr. J. Marshall, Edith Brown, Rachel Saunderson, Ida Bowman, Mrs. S. M. Brown. Block 18: Marie Warmington, Jean Radbourne, Lily Scott, Pearl Barfoot, Grace Johnson. Block 19: Letty Bowman, Mr. R. Mundle, Mrs. R. Mundle, Mr. W. Dick, Mrs. W. Golding. Block 20: Mrs. J. Warmington, Mr. J. Warmington, Miss M. Evans, T. Hope, Miss M. Foster. Block 21: Harvey Forgrave, Roy Forgrave, Mr. A. Forgrave, Mrs. G. Marshall, Mr. B. Flarity. Block 22: Mrs. Jas. Warmington, Nell Foster, Florene Buckland, Wilfred Smith, Allie Burt. Block 23: Lily Scott, Mr. T. Scott, John Scott, George Scott, Mrs. T. Scott. Block 24: Walter Witherspoon, Edna Marshall, Jean Marshall, Janet Forgrave, Roy Forgrave. Block 25: Edna Johnstone, Grace Johnstone, Harvey Barfoot, Mr. J. E. Barfoot, John McNeil. Block 26: Mrs. P. Robertson, Mrs. W. Dougherty, Mr. J. Marshall, Mrs. A. Thompson, Mr. A. Thompson. Block 27: Mrs. W. D. Brown, Alma Caswell, Della Caswell, Mrs. W. Caswell, Mr. W. Caswell. Block 28: Mrs. M. Hay, Bob Bowman, Mr. S. Bowman, Mrs. S. Bowman, Gertie Bowman. Block 29: Margaret Sinclair, Mrs. R. Foster, Mrs. S. Deyell, Zelpha Gray, Wm. Foster. Block 30: Mr. Jas. Hewitson, Mr. H. McPhedran, Mrs. H. McPhedran, Mr. J. Hewitson, Mrs. A. Hart. Block 31: Mrs. H. Radbourne, Mrs. R. Deyell, Mrs. R. Deyell, Mrs. D. Livingston, Margaret Sinclair. Block 32: Mr. H. Walker, Mr. T. Evans, Mrs. E. Vokes, Mr. E. Vokes, Mrs. T. Evans. |
Makers mark |
Embroidered in the title block: "S S No 8 Derby" above a cross outline, with a double column of names in red embroidery below |
Provenance |
Made by the Red Cross, at S.S.#8 Derby School. Dates to between 1914 and 1918. Donations given during this item's creation went to the Red Cross. It likely belonged to Jean Wardell (née Marshall), the daughter of Mrs. W. H. Marshall. Her name appears twice in the item's embroidery. It later belonged to her daughter-in-law, Olive Wardell. Many students whose names appear on the item returned to their school for a 1965 reunion. This item last belonged to Isabel Hewitson of Owen Sound, Grey County. She also owned the North Derby Tweedsmuir Book which contained the work of Evelyn Hewitson, from which the information about S.S.#8 Derby School was obtained. |
Collection |
Textiles, Bedding Collection |
Material |
Cotton/Thread, Embroidery/Thread |
Dimensions |
W-65.551 L-75.197 D-0.118 inches |
Found |
Derby Township (formerly), Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
People |
Witherspoon, Lillian J. Warmington, J. Dougherty, Carl Franklin |
Subjects |
Quilting First World War The Great War Derby Township The Red Cross |
Search Terms |
S.S.#8 Derby Canadian Red Cross Society Derby Township |
Function |
During the First World War, Red Cross groups made various articles, including quilts, to help the war effort. Name quilts were often subscribed to, at ten cents a name, and then auctioned or raffled off to raise funds for the Red Cross. This quilt was made in the former Derby Township, Grey County by the S. S. #8 Derby School Red Cross. A light bedspread like this was very suitable for use in the summer months. |