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Wall hanging of a scene from Little Red Riding Hood, made by Ukranian Displaced Person Olga Basylevich, in Germany in 1946
Object type
Wall hangings
Object number
1991.0016.0001
Description
Wall hanging depicting Little Red Riding Hood walking through a forest where the Big Bad Wolf is hiding behind a tree. A variety of fabrics, inlcuding felt, and other materials such as fur have been sewn onto a United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)-issued grey blanket. The wolf, an owl, a bird, possum, squirrel and a rabbit in the scene are all made of fur. Some of the elements are padded using a technique called stumping, and they have a three-dimensional appearance.
Collection name
Forest Hill Residential Kindergarten collection
Craftsperson
Olga Basylevich
Neu-Ulm Displaced Persons Camp, American Zone, Germany
This wall hanging was made In a Displaced Persons camp
Date made
1946
Associated person
Miss Valerie Paling
Miss Valerie Paling, who was from Melbourne, was an Assistant Welfare Officer working for the UNRRA at the Neu-Ulm Displaced Persons Camp in Germany when she was given the wall hanging in appreciation of her work. She donated it to her cousin Mrs Moore and her husband, who operated the Forest Hill Residential Kindergarten
Associated organisation
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association
User
Mr Hamilton Moore
User
Mrs Moore
User
Forest Hill Residential Kindergarten
Associated place
Ukraine
Olga Basylevich who made this quilt was a Displaced Person from the Ukraine
Place used
Germany
1946-1949
Place used
Forest Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1950-1990
Period of use
1946 - 1949
Germany
Period of use
1950 - 1990
Melbourne
Materials
Textile - non specific, Paint - non specific, Hair - non specific, Plant fibre, Metal - non specific, Paper, Plastic - non specific
Dimensions
Width: 1790mm
Height: 1330mm