QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1667

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:

10/1/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2085

Quilt's title:

Dutchman's Puzzle

Quilt owner's city:

Bogalusa

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt top made by:

Stanford, Nancy

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1863

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1952

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

67

Sizes, overall length:

70.5

Size of quilt blocks:

7.5 X 7.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Back turned to front; Straight grain; Hand sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

4 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain; Print

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

Quilting, design:

Other, squares and outline

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The quiltmaker, Nancy Stanford, made a set of blocks, and she gave them to Ruth and John Stanford in 1923 as a wedding gift. Ruth put the blocks together and quilted it in 1945-46.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1900

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program