QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1539

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:

5/7/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1961

Quilt owner's city:

Monroe

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Rolland, Genie Almiria Miller

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1884

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1964

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

76

Sizes, overall length:

91

Size of quilt blocks:

16 X 16.75

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Embroidery, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4.75 inches wide, Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Gold; Yellow

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Polyester

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

The owner writes "My mother found the pieced top and my husband's grandmother and great aunt from Claiborne parish quilted the top for us the year after we married--two families united in one more beautiful way!"

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program