Object Record
Metadata
Accession # |
2016.58.1 |
Item Name |
Quilt, Autograph Quilt, Signature |
Description |
Signature quilt dated circa 1945. The quilt is white cotton, with thirty-two large red embroidered floral motifs (six across, six down) with signatures inked inside each petal. In the centre of the quilt are two columns of names of individuals who served, with embroidered motifs surrounding the names. Above the names is a maple leaf motif, with three red maple leaves with "CANADA" on a scroll below the leaves. Below the names is motif with a laurel wreath (blue) with two crossed flags at the centre (USA and UK) above a red "V" and with text "FOR / VICTORY" above. Flanking the name columns are two motifs composed of a large red letter "V" with an upright torch in the centre, and a scroll with the text "THE TORCH" on the left motif and "TO HOLD" on the right. There is a small "V" (red) encircled by a blue laurel wreath in each corner of this central name block. The names inside each flower are inked in black and are very faded. |
Date |
1945 CIRCA |
Provenance |
This signature quilt was created at the end of the Second World War in 1945 and lists names of those from Elora, Ennotville, Fergus, Guelph among others. Ernest McGee of Guelph won it in a raffle in Guelph circa 1945. Ernest's daughter, Vera McGee put the quilt in her hope chest. Ernest's son, Elton McGee, served as a rifle instructor at Camp Ipperwash during the war. Vera married Archie Saunders, who served overseas during the Second World War with the Canadian Army Signal Corps. The quilt was passed down to their daughter, Nancy (Saunders) Brickwood, who later gave it to her uncle, Jack McGee. |
Person \ Organization |
McGee, Ernest McGee, Vera McGee, Jack Saunders, Vera Brickwood, Nancy (Saunders) Drew, George Beattie, David Beattie, Jean Reeves, A. Reeves, William Parkinson, James Herron, Gilbert Herron, Garland Herron, Maude Herron, Norwell Maitland, J. B. Mundy, Edith Smith, Annie Smith, Raymond Smith, Gordon Smith, George Smith, Reginald Shortt, Florence Morden, F. Whetstone, Gordon Bowlery, Mildred Campbell, Dorothy Stafford, John Howard, J. E. Young, W. A. |
Place |
Ariss Belwood Ennotville Elora Eramosa Fergus Guelph Bobcaygen Hespeler Brantford Toronto Georgetown Peterborough St. Catharines Paris Fenlon Falls Washington Nichol Twp. |