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QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-852

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:

1195

Quilt's title:

Pomegranite

Quilt owner's city:

Bienville Parish

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Tiger Lily

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Curry, Cornelia Ashby

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1887

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1955

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

75

Sizes, overall length:

92

Size of quilt blocks:

15 X 15

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Binding:

Hand sewn; Straight grain

Brackman ID#:

29.46

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Pink; Red; White

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, cross hatching

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Carl Franklin Curry (owner's husband) brought the quilt into marriage with him. It was made by his mother. They lived at 6400 Southern, 1973.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1940

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

mother-in-law

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Curry, Cornelia Ashb. Pomegranite. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-852. Accessed: 03/29/24