QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1940

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:

6/2/1990

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2342

Quilt's title:

Joseph's Coat

Quilt owner's city:

Natalbany

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt top made by:

Montgomery, Katie Agnes

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

January 1885

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1965

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

76

Sizes, overall length:

93

Size of quilt blocks:

11.25 X 11.25

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:

Back turned to front; Straight grain; Machine sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

8 inches wide

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain; Print

Top fabric, colors:

White

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

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

The quiltmaker was an eighty-five year old woman who kept the nursery at church. She charged $25 for quilting, and her quilts were sold for $18 to $20 with the exception of the double wedding ring and Lone Star quilts. They were sold for $25.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1940

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program