BACK TO QUILTS

Donkey

CITE THIS QUILT

img
quilt

QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5055

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

1772

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

72

Length:

80

Quilt top made by:

Garret, Zeola Jones

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Maker was owner is maker's granddaughter

Quiltmaker's state:

Arkansas (AR)

Quiltmaker's city:

Pine City & Lagrange

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1886

Birthplace, state:

Mississippi (MS)

Birthplace, country:

United States

Occupation:

homemaker

Date of death and location:

1949 in Arkansas.

Ethnic group:

African American

Spouse's occupation:

barber/blacksmith

# of Children:

16

Quiltmaker's Mother's Ethnic/Racial Group:

African-American

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Where, why, for what occasion/person/use was quilt made?

Wedding

Details about why the quilt was made:

made quilt for her daughter's wedding in 1943

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Kansan City Star pattern

Time period:

1930-1949

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Sashing width:

lattice 5.5"

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

4 large donkey blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

31.5 x 28

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Weaves/Surfaces:

Glazed

Patterns:

Solid/plain

Predominant colors:

Blue or Navy

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Single parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

curved in some areas

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Width between quilting lines:

1"

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

4.75"

Binding and edging:

Back turned to front

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

knife edge on one side

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

4

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

coarse muslin

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, damage:

Stains

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

20th Century Quilts 1900-1950, 139 pg 100

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Donkey

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

See notes & pictures.

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1943

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)

Cite this Quilt

Garret, Zeola Jone. Donkey. 1930-1949. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5055. Accessed: 03/29/24