QUILT INDEX RECORD

8-5-409

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

University of Louisville Archives and Records Center

Who documented this quilt?

Kentucky Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Kentucky Quilt Project Number:

34-17-7

Owner's name for quilt:

Liberty Medallion Quilt

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Time period:

1850-1875

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c. 1870

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk

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

Pieced, appliqued, embroidered. 851/2" x 851/2"

Quilt top made by:

Keckley, Elizabeth Hobbs - a former slave

Where the quilt was made, city:

Washington, D.C.

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Maker was a former slave.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Louisville Celebrates the American Quilt: Always There - The African American Presence in American Quilts. Louisville, KY. February 7-March 31, 1992. Louisville Museum of History and Science.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Kentucky Quilt Project