QUILT INDEX RECORD
8-5-709
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
University of Louisville Archives and Records Center
Who documented this quilt?
Kentucky Quilt Project
Kentucky Quilt Project Number:
34-2-P101
Owner's name for quilt:
Original
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Applique, Oak Leaf variant
What color is the quilt?
Red; Green; Gold; Brown; Cream
Time period:
1850-1875
Family/owner's date for quilt:
February 1861
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
c. 1860
Who estimated the quilt's date?
evaluator
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
Applique with padded work. Edging is red cording bound by green. 86"x74"
Quilt top made by:
Poyner, Mrs. M. E.
Where the quilt was made, city:
Paducah
Where the quilt was made, county:
McCracken
Where the quilt was made, state:
Kentucky (KY)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Belleview Gardens, 1898; Paducah, KY, 1876.
Contests entered:
Memphis Fair, 1920
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Kentucky Quilt Project
Cite this Quilt
Poyner, Mrs. M. E. Original. 1850-1875. From University of Louisville Archives and Records Center, Kentucky Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=8-5-709. Accessed: 03/29/24