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:

SP785

Alternate inventory control number:

1978.26 (747556)

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):

Tatman, Caroline Honselman

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

1842 IL

Was the quiltmaker married? If yes, when?

1870 IL

Quiltmaker's spouse's name:

Tatman, Caleb A.

Spouse's occupation:

lawyer

Did the quiltmaker have any children? If so, how many?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Honselman, Ann

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace:

PA ?

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Honselman, ?

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

Germany

How did the owner get the quilt?

Gift

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

Made quilt blocks or part of quilt top

If you know of other people who worked on this quilt, please give names and what role they played:

Cross, Fanny (great aunt); Honselman, Ann (mother)

Where the quilt was made, city:

Monticello

Where the quilt was made, county:

Piatt

Where the quilt was made, state:

Illinois (IL)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Date owner signed the form:

1978

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Rose of Sharon

Date provided by maker/owner:

ca. 1855

Date estimated by IQRP:

ca. 1860

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1850-1875

Length:

89"

Width:

86"

Block size:

23" x 23"

Format:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Applique techinques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Stitches used to apply motifs:

Whip stitch applique.

Construction (top):

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

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

4

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

Fabric; fibers:

Cotton

Fabric print:

Solid/plain; Geometric

Predominant colors (top):

Red; Green; White

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Describe the borders:

Rose vine applique border, 11" wide.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Illinois State Museum

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Honselman, Caroline

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German