QUILT INDEX RECORD

8-5-418

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:

34-17-22

Owner's name for quilt:

Bowie County Bears

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Applique

Time period:

1930-1949

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1948-1949

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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

80" x 61 1/2"

Quilt top made by:

Kelley-Brown, Lila; Shavers, Lizzie

Where the quilt was made, city:

Garland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Texas (TX)

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