QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1205

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:

9/25/1988

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1613

Quilt's title:

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

Quilt owner's city:

Fryeburg

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Stewart, Mattie

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

8/26/1903

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1/31/1985

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

69

Sizes, overall length:

76

Size of quilt blocks:

13.5 X 13.5

Sizes, sashing width:

2.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Green; White; 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:

Other, Chevron

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

Has a striped chambray lining. Also quilted by Bertha Russell Stewart.

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

mother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program