QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Illinois State Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Illinois Quilt Research Project Registry Number:

SP745

Alternate inventory control number:

1976.49 (746990)

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Illinois State Museum

Quiltmaker's Name (top):

Cunningham, Nancy Zeigler

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

1824-37? KY

Date and place of quiltmaker's death:

1890 IL

Quiltmaker's spouse's name:

Cunningham, Woodson

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Ingles, Ameilia

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

MD

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Zeigler, George

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

PA

Anything else we should know about the quiltmaker?

See other quilt in Museum's collection.

How did the owner get the quilt?

Gift

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Mt. Sterling

Where the quilt was made, county:

Brown

Where the quilt was made, state:

Illinois (IL)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Anything else we should know about this quilt? (i.e. customs, stories):

Made for her granddaughter, Elizabeth Melvina Barlow. Nancy's husband died before 1880 and she is listed as living alone in the 1880 census in Mt. Sterling.

Date owner signed the form:

1976

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Rocky Road to Kansas

Date provided by maker/owner:

ca. 1875

Date estimated by IQRP:

ca. 1880

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1876-1900

Length:

82"

Width:

66"

Block size:

14" x 14"

Binding width:

binding may have been added at later date

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

8

Format:

Finished quilt

Piecing techinques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Construction (top):

Block pattern

Block style (top):

Same block throughout

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of full blocks; pieced, appliqued, and plain:

20

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

Fabric print:

Solid/plain; Multiple scrap

Predominant colors (top):

Cream

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid diamond; Single parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Single parallel lines in pieced areas, diamond grid in background.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

What type of thread was used for the quilting?

cotton

What color was the quilting thread?

white

Knots visible?

yes

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the borders:

Plain off-white 5" single border.

Binding and edge treatment:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Filler:

Cotton

Thickness:

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

How many pieces of fabric were used to make the quilt back?

3

Backing; fiber content:

Cotton

Backing; fabric:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Backing; width of pieces (in inches):

33", 32", 3"

Backing; color:

Cream

Condition:

Poor/very worn

Describe specific damage to the quilt:

Disintegration of fabric; Fading

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Illinois State Museum

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Zeigler, Nancy

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, daily use