Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire Quilt
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- Maker:
- Mrs J. A. McCowan
- Date:
- 1939 - 1945
This simple fan shaped design quilt contains a mixture of printed cottons in half the square and plain cotton on the other. In the corner is a rare piece of information – the maker’s name and address, embroidered in yellow thread. It reads ‘Mrs A. McCowan, Summerberry, Sask, Can.’ The quilt was made by a member of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, a charitable organisation like the Red Cross who sent over supplies and aid to Britain during the First and Second World Wars.
This quilt was given to Maureen Hill’s family when she was about 12 or 13 years old in 1944/5. Their house in East Ham, London, was damaged by a V2 bomb, and the family was re-housed and given new bedding.
