The Quilt Index

Period: 1876-1900

Date: Texas Memorail Museum dated quilt to ca. 1885

Location Made: Ohio (OH) United States

Project Name: Winedale Quilt Collection

Contributor: Winedale, University of Texas at Austin

ID Number: TMM2623-1

Layout Format: Block pattern

Quilt Size: 67 1/2 in. x 69 1/2 in.

Fabrics: Silk, Velvet, Satin, Solid/plain, Multiple scrap, taffeta, woven ribbon

Colors: Gold, Cream, Brown, Blue or Navy, Black, Red

Construction: Hand Piecing, Foundation Piecing, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Embroidery, Painting, heavily embroidered, piecing features excellent needlework including silk ribbon embroidery, ruching, crewel work, and chenille

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Other Notes: This quilt is one of approximately forty-two quilts that the Texas Memorial Museum (TMM) at the University of Texas at Austin transferred to the University’s Center for American History (CAH) in April 2003 as part of TMM’s transfer of selected material culture objects from its collections to CAH and other research facilities on the UT-Austin campus. These TMM quilts are now part of CAH’s Winedale Quilt Collection. Information relating to each quilt’s provenance is based on documentation recorded by TMM staff at the time of acquisition, which began in the early 1940s and continued until 2003. This quilt was purchased by the donor, who was from Austin, Texas, in Ohio during the 1980s. The quiltmaker is unknown.