QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-473
Who documented this quilt?
Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University
Date data was collected:
6/12/1997
Interviewer:
Susan Roach
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
787
Quilt's title:
Nosegay
Quilt owner's city:
Shreveport
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:
Nose Gay Quilt
How was this quilt acquired?
Purchase
Quilt top made by:
Unknown
Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?
No information available.
Type of item:
Finished quilt
Sizes, overall width:
71
Sizes, overall length:
87
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Pieced
Binding:
Back turned to front; Straight grain; Other
Brackman ID#:
4052
Number of borders:
4
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, colors:
Green; Orange; White
Top fabric, color value:
Multicolor
Backing/lining fiber:
Other
Description of the back:
Muslin
Quilting, type of thread:
cotton
Quilting, color of thread:
green
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Owner bought this quilt in Shreveport, LA at Red Rivers Quilt Guild's quilt show in 1985-1986.
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1920
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Unknow. Nosegay. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-473. Accessed: 03/29/24