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