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:

SP727

Alternate inventory control number:

1965.7 (746538)

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner; Relative of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Illinois State Museum

Quiltmaker's Name (top):

Terrell, Agnes ?

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is the quiltmaker's birthdate?

ca. 1851

Date and place of quiltmaker's death:

1886 ?

Was the quiltmaker married? If yes, when?

1870

Quiltmaker's spouse's name:

Terrell, James

Spouse's occupation:

merchant in 1880

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:

Haskins, Elizabeth

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Kirkpatrick, James

Anything else we should know about the quiltmaker?

Born in Ohio, married in Illinois. Family may have moved to Illinois about 1856, according to birth places of her younger siblings.

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

Where the quilt was made, city:

Clayton

Where the quilt was made, county:

Adams

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):

Family thought it was made by Ada C. Terrell because of initials on back: ACT 1884. Ada was 10 in 1884 and it was more likely made by her mother Agnes for Ada. Initials on blocks suggest work of friends; however, workmanship is uniformly good, not the variety usually seen in friendship quilts. Ada married Otis Kendall in 1894.

Date owner signed the form:

1965

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Crazy

Date shown on quilt:

1884

How was the inscription marked?

Embroidery

Date provided by maker/owner:

1884

Date estimated by IQRP:

1884

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1876-1900

Length:

63"

Width:

45"

Block size:

11" x 11"

Format:

Finished quilt

Describe the object:

Lounge or Throw

Piecing techinques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Stitches used to apply motifs:

Exceptional pictorial embroidery, many different linear patterns.

Construction (top):

Crazy

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

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

12

Fabric; fibers:

Silk

Fabric print:

Striped; Solid/plain; Floral; Multiple scrap

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

velvet, satin, brocade

Predominant colors (top):

Blue or Navy

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

How are the layers held together?

Not quilted

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the borders:

Narrow maroon velvet inner border and wider dark blue velvet outer border (gold feather stitching along seam lines), with red satin ribbons tied in bows at corners.

Binding and edge treatment:

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Filler:

No filling

Surface decoration:

Embroidery

What items were used to embellish the quilt?

Silk thread

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

5--odd shaped--crazy pieced with embroidery

Backing; fiber content:

Silk

Backing; fabric:

Same fabric used throughout; Back art/design on quilt back; Hand sewn; Solid/plain

Backing; color:

Purple

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe specific damage to the quilt:

Disintegration of fabric

Inscription:

Date; Initials

What is inscribed on the quilt?

MHW; HCM; LMK; ACT 1884

Inscription: front/back?

on back

Describe where the inscription was found:

on blocks

Details

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Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Illinois State Museum

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Kirkpatrick, (Mary) Agnes

The quilt was made to be used for:

Decorative throw