COVER, CUSHION

Description: SET OF THREE NAVY BLUE SILK DAMASK CUSHION COVERS. EACH ZIPPERED ALONG ONE LENGTH TO INSERT FOAM CUSHION. FABRIC HAS CIRCULAR CHINESE EMBLEM FOR LONG LIFE AND HAPPINESS WOVEN WITH FLORAL DESIGN THROUGHOUT. EDGES TRIMMED IN PIPING OF SAME FABRIC. UNLINED. ONE COVER FITS SOFA CUSION; SMALLER TWO (66.5CM L X 62.5CM W) FIT CHAIR CUSHIONS. [P19970061001-3-GA].

History: SOFA AND CHAIR SET WAS IMPORTED FROM HONG KONG TO LETHBRIDGE IN THE 1970'S. DONOR'S FORMER HUSBAND, DR. CHI CHE ONG AU, WAS BORN IN CHINA AND MOVED FROM TAIWAN TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1964 TO TRAIN IN MEDICINE. MOVED TO LETHBRIDGE AND HAS BEEN A PHYSICIAN AT THE HAIG CLINIC FROM 1968 TO PRESENT (1998). JENNY WORKED AS A NURSE. THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN, SAM AU (PH.D MICRO BIOLOGY), DICK AU (DOCTOR IN EDMONTON AT THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL), AND PEGGY AU (TEACHER AT WINSTON). RED COVERS ARE ORIGINAL, AND BLUE COVERS WERE MADE BY JENNY. ACCORDING TO DONOR EMBLEMS IN THE WOOD REPRESENT A LONG LIFE AND HAPPINESS. *UPDATE* IN 2018, COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT ELISE PUNDYK CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF BOXED TEXTILE ARTIFACTS INCLUDING CUSHIONS THAT WERE PART OF THE FURNITURE SET DONATED BY CHEICH MIN (JENNY) AU. AS OF DATE OF UPDATE, ATTEMPTS MADE TO CONTACT THE DONOR'S NEXT-OF-KIN WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.