QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1405

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:

2/19/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1835

Quilt's title:

Marble Snowball/ String Bow Tie

Quilt owner's city:

St. Helena Parish

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Evans, Mary E. Quinn

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1861

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1948

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

71

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

6.5 X 6.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn; Straight grain

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

3

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The quilt was quilted by both Mary E. Quinn Evans and her daughter, Rosa Evans M. Triche.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1940

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program