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Original; Applique, Oak Leaf variant

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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