QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1790

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:

3/18/1990

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2201

Quilt's title:

Water Lily

Quilt owner's city:

Winn Parish

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Ross, Pauline Thomas

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

7/31/1905

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

11/22/1980

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

72

Sizes, overall length:

78

Size of quilt blocks:

40 X 40

Sizes, sashing width:

3.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

3 inches wide, AppliqueMultiple, Pieced, Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Green; Pink; Red; White

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Quilting, color of thread:

Light pink

Quilting, design:

Figure, spiderweb and culique

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

The owner writes, "My Auntie Pauline made this for my mother, Essie Herminghaus Thomas. Mother left it to me."

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program