Bedspread / Quilt
Dark red hand-woven, home-grown, hand-spun, fuchsia dyed linen red bedspread approx. 8' by 8'
Quilts/bedspreads were used for both decorative use and warmth.
This bedspread was made and used by the Kilgallon family of Treenagleragh approximately 100 years ago. Donated to the Museum by Mary Kilgallon, June 1989.
Kiltimagh Railway Museum
Kiltimagh
County Mayo
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Sneak Peek
Some interesting items can be viewed here
- Abacus Ball-frame
- Apron
- Barber's Pole and Chair
- Bedspread or Quilt
- Bicycle Permit
- Clay Pipe
- Copying Press
- Cosmetics
- Doll
- Farming Implements
- Gas Lamp
- Gas Meter
- Gold medal
- Life Jacket
- Model Locomotive
- Locked draws
- Glass Case
- Olympic Crest 1924
- Police hat and badge
- Pottery Hot Water Bottle
- Ration Book
- Replicas of Boston Famine Memorial
- Scales
- Scales for eggs
- School Clock
- Sculpture of the Station Master
- Sketch of Raftery
- Staff Key
- Sundial
- Sword
- Wooden Trap
- Wooden Cradle