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Hester Ann's Vase; The Old Fashioned Goblet, Tumbler

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-274

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

93.0151

Quilt's title:

Hester Ann's Vase

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

The Old Fashioned Goblet, Tumbler

Brackman # or other source & #:

944

Quilt top made by:

Rucker, Hester Ann Wilkerson

Quilted by:

Rucker, Hester Ann Wilkerson

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Ussery

Where the quilt was made, county:

Hot Springs

Where the quilt was made, state:

Arkansas (AR)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

turn of the century

When was the quilt finished?

turn of the century

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Ussery

Quiltmaker's county:

Hot Springs

Quiltmaker's state:

Arkansas (AR)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Click

Quiltmaker's birth date:

3/25/1843

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

3/12/1904

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Dutch from Pennsylvania

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Wilkerson, Obediah

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Dutch from Pennsylvania

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

farmer

Number of children:

6

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

3

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

1-5 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

70"

How long is the quilt?

80"

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Tears or holes

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

442 pieced, 30 solid, 26 half blocks

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

9 pieces of either flour or sugar sacks.

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

Where did the maker get their materials?

Feed or flour sacks

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Put together with fabric she dyed with poke berries. She found printing on the undyed sacks used for the bottom or lining.

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

The frames and cotton cards I have, may have been used with the quilt.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Great granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Emily Hobbs Wolf

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

I found the quilt in my mother's attic in Arkansas. She said it was made by her grandmother.

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

It's a design neither of us had seen. Mother made a sample block and I started making blocks to duplicate this quilt. I don't get it finished because I keep giving blocks to interested people.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Describe any favorite patterns, tools, etc. used by the quiltmaker:

We have frames I think were hers. They are four long boards with holes that line up for spikes to go into hold at corners. They rested on chair backs.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Rucker, Hester Ann Wilkerso. Hester Ann's Vase. turn of the century. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-274. Accessed: 03/29/24