QUILT INDEX RECORD
9-6-1550
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:
7/16/1989
Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:
1972
Quilt owner's city:
Marksville
Quilt owner's state:
Louisiana (LA)
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:
84
Sizes, overall length:
93
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
Wholecloth
Pieced quilt type:
Wholecloth
Binding:
Back turned to front; Unfinished/raw edge
Top fabric, fiber:
Cotton
Top fabric, design:
Top fabric, colors:
Brown; Beige or Tan; Blue
Top fabric, color value:
Dark colors
Backing/lining fiber:
Cotton
Backing/lining, design:
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
3
Quilting, design:
Shells
Batting:
Cotton
Condition:
Good/moderate use
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
This quilt was donated to the Hypolite Bordelon Home Society, and the maker is either Mrs. Leo Bize or Mrs. Victor Bize.
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1800
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Date estimated by Susan Roach
Place made, country:
United States
Copyright holder:
Louisiana Regional Folklife Program
Cite this Quilt
Unknow. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1550. Accessed: 04/27/24