QUILT INDEX RECORD

8-5-417

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:

34-17-19

Owner's name for quilt:

The Four Churches

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Commemorative, Signature Quilt

What color is the quilt?

White; Red

Overall color scheme:

Two color

Type of inscription:

Signature

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

1916 ?

When was the quilt finished?

1929 ?

Further information concerning dates:

Enscribed both 1916 and 1930

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Not quilted

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

801/2" x 77". Embroidered quilt top.

Where the quilt was made, city:

Emporia

Where the quilt was made, state:

Kansas (KS)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

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