QUILT INDEX RECORD

8-5-422

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:

34-17-25

Owner's name for quilt:

Coat of Many Colors Quilt

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor; Bright or primary colors

Time period:

1976-1999

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c. 1980

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

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

55" x 38"

Quilt top made by:

Martin Luther King Jr., Quilting Bee

Where the quilt was made, city:

Gees Bend

Where the quilt was made, state:

Alabama (AL)

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