QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1583

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:

8/6/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2003

Quilt's title:

Fancy Dresden Plate

Quilt owner's city:

Athens

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Stevenson, Edna Maud (Pate)

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

3-17-1896

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

3/13/1986

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

73.5

Sizes, overall length:

75

Size of quilt blocks:

17.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Combination, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Hand sewn

Number of borders:

3

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:

4

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1935

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program