QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1503

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:

6/29/2001

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

140

Quilt's title:

Tree of Life

Quilt owner's city:

Gibsland

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Tree of Life

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Has this quilt been exhibited or displayed? List date and events:

Mt. Lebanon Historical Society

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

Sizes, overall width:

74

Sizes, overall length:

87

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique; Other applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Wholecloth

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Pattern name (from researcher):

Herschner's Catalog

Brackman ID#:

88.8

Describe the borders:

-Not Applied-

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

White

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting, design:

Other, Stamped Design

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

She made three of these quilts in one year and gave one to each of her children for Christmas in 1972.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1972

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Mother and Grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program