QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1119

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

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1514

Quilt's title:

Water Lily

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Water Lily

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Quilt top made by:

Unknown

Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?

No information available.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Embroidery, Wholecloth, 95

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Brackman ID#:

37.34, var.

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton; Other

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

sateen

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Pink; Red; White

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

18

Quilting, color of thread:

pink

Quilting, design:

Diamond/Crosshatch

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1920

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program