QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1278

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:

11/20/1988

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1708

Quilt's title:

Various Diamonds

Quilt owner's city:

Tallaulah

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Rippie, Mamie

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1876

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1959

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

The maker began to have serious memory lapses, probably because of the early stages of Alzheimer's.

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

61.5

Sizes, overall length:

76

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

One patch or allover

Binding:

Back turned to front; Straight grain

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, design:

Shells

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

The fabric for the quilt was taken from outgrown family clothing.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1928

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program