QUILT INDEX RECORD

6-3-2219

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

State Historical Society of Iowa

Who documented this quilt?

Iowa Quilt Research Project; Mary Barton Collection

Iowa Quilt Research Project Number:

1988.64.159

Person filling out this form is:

Author/researcher; Quilt collector

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Purchased the quilt

This is a:

Quilt blocks or pieces

Describe the item:

Individual quilt blocks stitched to muslin.

Owner's name for quilt:

Block Sampler

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Little Cedar Tree; Ohio Star; Cog Block; Album; Puzzle; Basketweave; Friendship Quilt; Five Crosses; Nine Patch

Brackman # or other source & #:

1311A; 2141C; 2812;1601A

How wide is the quilt?

22.5 inches

How long is the quilt?

22.75 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Unknown/Not Rated

Time period:

1850-1875

Family/owner's date for quilt:

Fabrics c. 1855.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

four

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Sampler

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Unknown

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Various fabrics and prints used in blocks.

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

4 blocks described top left to bottom right. All fabrics c.1855. #1 The Little Cedar Tree (Brackman 1311 a). 6.875” square. This is a four patch made of half square triangles. Each square is placed exactly the same way so that the top left half is dark and bottom right half is light. Background is white with one triangle having been replaced. Brown stripe designs feature an undulating leaf and flowered design “crawling” along the white stripe. The flowers are orange and the leaves are light brown. #2 Ohio Star, The Cog Block (Brackman 2141 c). 8.375” square. Variation on the pattern. In a true Ohio Star, the center is a light rather than a dark. Fabrics are circular patterned orange print with white circles outlined in black, white ground. #3 Album, Puzzle, The Basketweave, Friendship Quilt, Five Crosses (Brackman 2812). 10.75” square. Variation because center square fabrics are placed opposite Brackman illustration. This pattern (2812) was the only one of its type to show the center X pieced from a rectangle and two square. Fabrics are blue stripe with a blue ‘bar’ pattern, khaki-like fabric in center, orange circle print. #4 Checkerboard, Nine Patch (Brackman 1601 a). 8.5” square. Both fabrics in this block are brown and orange prints with white. One is a bar design that creates the diagonal. The other is a rock-like print with some shapes being all white or partially white.

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ames

Where the quilt was made, county:

Story

Where the quilt was made, state:

Iowa (IA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Why was the quilt made?

Teaching or learning sample

The quilt was made to be used for:

Other

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection; Study or teaching aid

Where did the maker get their materials?

Unknown

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's state:

Iowa (IA)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Registrar,State Historical Society of Iowa