Simon R. Franklin - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel

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Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Simon R. Franklin', cotton / synthetic textile, made by his mother, Tova Bretschnider, New South Wales, Australia 1989 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation on a maroon backgr…

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Visit the page Doug the Artist - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'DOUG the ARTIST', cotton / synthetic textile / wool, made by an Ankali carer in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1989 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, on a red background. 'DOUG' is machine appliqued in green cotton, with a tartan bow tie attached next and 'ARTIST' is machine appliqued in yellow along the top of the panel. On the left of the panel are machine appliqued lavender petals which are surrounded by machine appliqued yellow flowers. In the centre of the panel is a hand knitted red square with a picture which is framed in yellow cotton and a braid frame. To the right are machine appliqued Egyptian symbols, Nefertiti, ankh (meaning eternal life).
Visit the page Graeme Humphrey - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Graeme H.', cotton / felt, maker unknown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1989 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. Red cotton background with six felt machine appliqued black vinyl records and various coloured labels with geometric shapes. Lower edge of panel contains 'GRAEME. H' in large black felt letters.
Visit the page Peter Forbes - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'PETER FORBES', cotton / satin / synthetic textile / ink, various makers, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, about 1989 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation bordered in thin yellow cotton fabric. On a chocolate brown satin background 'PETER / FORBES' is machine appliqued in large white letters in the top left corner. In the top right hand corner is a yellow machine appliqued sun dial, with a printed fabric centre. Along the lower edge are three machine appliqued cheetahs in yellow and brown spotted fabric. To the right the words ' WE LOVE YOU' are machine appliqued in turquoise fabric.
Visit the page Andrew Grove - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Andrew Grove', cotton / leather / metal / paint / glue, made by a friend, New South Wales, Australia, 1989 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, on a watermelon pink background. 'ANDREW / GROVE' is appliqued and glued in large brown, black and yellow leather lettering. The top inner border consists of seven painted stars decorated with metal buttons and leather strips. The left hand inner border is painted brown with 'MANS' painted vertically in white lettering. The right hand inner border is painted brown with 'COUNTRY' also painted vertically in white paint. The lower inner edge is a cream background with the following hand painted in brown paint: 1949, adelaide, sydney, townsville, adelaide, 1987. The outer border consists of the top and lower edge in a heavy cotton caramel colour patchwork strip. The left and right outer borders consist of caramel and beige heavy cotton patchwork rectangles.
Visit the page Tony Maas - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of 'Antony 'Tony' Maas', metal / synthetic textile / machine stitching / cotton, made by Libby Woodhams, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1989 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation, on white cotton background. Sixty nine flags are machine appliqued in red thread across the panel. One square in black has the words Tony Maas and 25.12.88 in machine embroidery. Included amongst the flags are an American flag, an American Confederate flag, a flag bearing a coat of arms and the word Excelsior.
Visit the page Tony Maas - Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt panel Quilt panel, part of Australian AIDS Memorial Quilt, in memory of Tony Maas, 'Tony', cotton / synthetic textile / paint / dyed silk, made by a friend, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, about 1989 Rectangular quilt panel, landscape orientation. The panel is bordered with a 10 cm wide royal blue satin border. 2/3rds of the left side is a calico panel with a painted picture of a dog wearing a rainbow coloured tie-dyed silk scarf around his neck. The dog's lead is depicted as the word Tony painted in cursive writing with each letter a different colour. Above this, in the top right corner are the remains of a machine appliqued US flag. The remaining 1/3rd of the panel has a gold background. In the top right corner is a large, machine appliqued flag of the US with seven smaller machine appliqued flags. Three of these are intact but the remaining four have disintegrated. The three intact flags are a blue, white and green horizontal flag; a dark blue flag with the word liberty in the left corner and the UN flag.

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