QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-847

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:

11/8/1987

Interviewer:

Barnwell

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1176

Quilt's title:

Storybook Quilt

Quilt owner's city:

Shreveport

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

none

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Quilt top made by:

Young, Mrs. Jackson

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1905

Type of item:

Finished quilt

What is inscribed on the quilt?

To Elizabeth from Grandma Young

Sizes, overall width:

70.5

Sizes, overall length:

79

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Wholecloth

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Binding:

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Copied from storybook and printed on curtains. Later used curtains for quilt. Each square has date book was given and by whom.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1934

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program