QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1098

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:

6/5/1988

Interviewer:

Rose Kroetzinger

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1479

Quilt's title:

Field of Orchids

Quilt owner's city:

East Point

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Orchid Wreath

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Reasons quilt was made:

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

Competition

Quilt top made by:

Murphy, Pauline

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

5/4/1900

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

4/5/1982

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

69

Sizes, overall length:

87

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique

Binding:

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

Brackman ID#:

81.71

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Green; Orange; Pink; Red; White; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Other, Diagonal

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

The quilt was made for the Sear's Quilt Contest held in conjunction with the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, IL. It won 1st prize in local Sear's contest and honorable mention in the Regional at Memphis with a letter from judges stating the reason it did not win first place.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1932

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program