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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