QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1590

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:

2010

Quilt's title:

Dresden Plate (China Plate, Friendship Ring)

Quilt owner's city:

Sulphur

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Lock, Virginia

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

11-21-1888

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

10/27/1952

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

74.5

Sizes, overall length:

94.5

Size of quilt blocks:

15 X 13.5

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:

Bias grain; Hand sewn; Machine sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

10 inches wide

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:

6

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Quilting, design:

Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1935

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program