QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-869

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:

1211

Quilt's title:

Diamond/String Pieced Chevron

Quilt owner's city:

Dry Prong

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

none

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Smith, Mary Elizabeth McClung

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1861

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1936

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

63.5

Sizes, overall length:

78.19999695

Size of quilt blocks:

2 X 2

Sizes, sashing width:

5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Binding:

Machine sewn; Straight grain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Pink; Red; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Shells

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

The small pieces of the quilt were material scraps. Owners was told that the maker would sweep the floor to collect these very tint scraps.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1920

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

great great grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program