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