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Metadata
Object ID # |
2014.002.001 |
Object Name |
Quilt, Bed |
Other Name |
Quilt, Signature |
Title |
Kilsyth W. I. Name Quilt (1937) |
Lexicon category |
2: Building Furnishings |
Date |
1937 |
Year Range from |
1937 |
Year Range to |
1937 |
Made |
Kilsyth Women's Institute |
Place of Origin |
Kilsyth, Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
Description |
Red-on-white-embroidered signature quilt / name quilt. It bears an embroidered W.I. logo, as well as a large, tilted red maple leaf outlines which enclose the names. A pale blue cotton hanging sleeve is affixed to the back. There are forty-two blocks (six across, seven down). The title block reads: "1902 KILSYTH 1937". There is a plain white border with a single line of zig-zagged quilting. It has plain white binding. Block 2: Ella Bowman, Lauerne Elliott, Anne Wiggins, Edna Johnston, Mary Witherspoon, Lois Stephens. Block 4: Mr. G. Wyllie, Mrs. A. E. Fleming, Jamie Wyllie, Myrette Shelton, Mr. A. E. Fleming, Mrs. G. Wyllie. Block 6: Jean Walter, Mrs. P. Witherspoon, Mrs. D. Waddell, Mrs. Alice Abra, Belle Cunningham. Block 7: Velma Abra, Gray Marshall, Joyce Breen, Beryle Abra, Robert Turner Jr., Lois Agnew. Block 9: Mr. J. Dudgeon, Mrs. E. Miscampbell, Mr. A. Fleming Sr., Mrs. A. Fleming Sr., Mr. E. Miscampbell. Block 11: Annie Brown, Ceilia Waddell, Bertha Fleming, Eva Fleming, Florence Bunston, Lizzie Herron. Block 14: Mrs. R. Abra, Mr. R. Turner, Mrs. A. Bott, Mr. A. Bott, Mrs. R. Turner, Mr. R. Abra. Block 16: Mrs. Minnie Hilts, Mrs. Lizzie Brinkman, Mrs. Janet Buckley, Mrs. Emma Fleming, Mrs. Nellie Fleming, Mrs. Mary Aickin. Block 18: Mrs. J. Cook, Mrs. I. Spencer, Mr. J. Aickin, Mrs. J. Aickin, Mrs. D. Charlton, Mr. J. Cook. Block 19: Lyall Abra, Richard Caisley, Allan Wyllie, Victor Wyllie, Silas Edwards, Billie Wark. Block 22: Mr. R. Crozier, Mrs. N. McArthur, Mrs. H. Fleming, Mrs. J. Wiggins, Mrs. E. Saunders, Mrs. R. Crozier. Block 25: Mrs. S. Brown, Rev. T. M. Murray, Mr. J. Wiggins, Mr. L. McInnis, Mrs. T. M. Murray, Mr. W. Hilts. Block 27: Mr. J. Ilvis, Mrs. S. Bowman, Mr. H. Wyllie, Mrs. H. Wyllie, Mrs. N. Agnew, Mrs. J. Ilvis. Block 30: Mr. F. Hilts, Mrs. L. Robison, Mr. J. McAvoy, Mrs. R. Hope, Mrs. A. Fleming Jr., Mrs. F. Hilts. Block 31: Laura Vance, Alice Hilts, Maybelle Taylor, Doris Fleming, Helen Scott, Alice Abra. Block 33: Mrs. E. Vokes, Mr. G. Anderson, Mrs. J. Leask, Mr. J. Leask, Mrs. G. Anderson, Mr. E. Vokes. Block 35: Mr. A. Crane, Mrs. L. McInnis, Mrs. A. Herron, Mr. A. Herron, Mrs. A. Sinclair, Mrs. A. Crane. Block 38: Mr. S. Vance, Mrs. P. Garvie, Mr. W. Brock, Mrs. W. Brock, Mrs. W. Hilts, Mrs. S. Vance. Block 40: Mrs. H. Hilts, Mrs. H. McNeil, Mrs. H. Saunders, Mrs. T. Johnston, Mrs. H. Gardiner, Mr. T. Turner. Block 42: Mrs. A. Wiley, Mrs. L. Elliott, Mr. H. Edmunds, Mrs. H. Edmunds, Mrs. Stephens, Mrs. W. Garvie. |
Provenance |
Made by the Kilsyth Women's Institute of North Derby Township, Grey County in 1937. Belonged to the Kilsyth Women's Institute. Its "keeper" was Roberta Vokes (née Gunn), until she died in May, 2013. Her mother, Della Vokes (née Evans) may have been involved with the item's original fabrication, as the name of "Mrs. E. Vokes" is recorded on block 33, as well as Mr. E. Vokes. Last owned by Sharon Vanwyck (née Vokes) of Derby Township, Grey County. |
Collection |
Textiles, Bedding Collection |
Material |
Cotton/Thread/Thread, embroidery/Dye |
Dimensions |
W-66.929 L-79.134 D-0.039 inches |
Found |
Derby Township (formerly), Township of Georgian Bluffs, Grey County |
People |
Edwards, Silas Cunningham, Belle Crane, Archie Fleming (Morrison), Christy Ann Brown, Austin Ilvis, J. Crozier, Robert Witherspoon, Lillian J. Leask, John Vokes, Ernest |
Subjects |
Quilts Maple leaf Symbols Canada |
Search Terms |
Kilsyth WI |
Function |
Likely made as a fundraiser. |