QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

94.0060

Owner's name for the quilt:

The Robe

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Peeled Orange

Brackman # or other source & #:

3532

Quilt top made by:

Rumpf, Lorraine

Quilted by:

Rumpf, Lorraine

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Tarzanna

Where the quilt was made, county:

Los Angeles

Where the quilt was made, state:

California (CA)

Time period:

1950-1975

When was the quilt started?

1952

When was the quilt finished?

1955

Describe present uses of the quilt:

Quilt has been retired from use to preserve what's left.

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Montclair

Quiltmaker's county:

San Bernadino

Quiltmaker's state:

California (CA)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Sarvis

Quiltmaker's birth date:

4/25/1921

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

German English

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Edwin Denby High Graduate 1939-June

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Retired rural postal carrier, U.S. Postal Service

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Sarvis, John Edward

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Sarvis, Dolly Williams

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

7/18/1939

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Rumpf, Willard H.

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

Chief Stationary Engineer

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 20-29

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

yes

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

The Montclair Woman's Club

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

69 3/4"

How long is the quilt?

76 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric

Repairs:

Rebound

What is inscribed on the quilt?

"Lorraine", have added name and date on back in ink

Describe where the inscription was found:

lower right hand corner

Number of quilt blocks:

24

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

2 1/4"

Describe the borders:

5 1/4"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Sateen

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Floral

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

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:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Width between quilting lines:

1 1/2"

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Patches outlined/in the ditch

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Chain

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Top is entirely of scraps-panles are of sasheen drapery lining left over from drapery I had made (1947)

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

County Fair

Contests entered:

West Valley Comm. Fair,, Reseda, CA, May 1955 , 1st Place ; Honorable Mention, Sept. 1955, LA Co. Fair, Pomona Cal; First Oct. 1956 San Bernardino Co. Fair, Victorville ,CA.

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

Patterns, I believe I still have extra design patches some place around the house (pictured in some photos)

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

Prizes, awards, ribbons, etc. Photos of quilter. Montclair Tribune, Thursday, August 21, 1975, Becoming Popular Again, The art of quilting, By Lynne Locke. From the DAILY REPORT, Ontario-Upland, Calif., Fri., Oct. 12, 1962 C-1; Club Quilters Weave History of Montclair. Club project will show first home, first church and new civic center. Montclair's Entry, 2/21/1963

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Lorraine Sarvis Rumpf

Quilt owner's city:

Montclair

Quilt owner's county:

San Bernardino

Quilt owner's state:

California (CA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

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

The Robe A panel quilt An Original variation of "Jospeph's Coat" "The Robe" is made in sections of four panels. The main design consists of a six pointed star representing the Star of Bethlehem surrounded by the Crown of Thorns. The strips seperating the panels is quilted in a chain design representing the chain with which Christ was bound to the cross on his way to Calvary. The small quilting design between the points of the star was drawn to signify unity of the Holy Trinity, The Father, Son and Holy Ghost. The quilted cross carries the religious theme of the quilt. I am 35 years old and mother of two children. I have always loved to sew. At nine I embroidered blocks for a quilt for my bed, and after marriage made two quilt tops for my children's beds, but did not quilt them. In 1954 I quilted a crib quilt that had been made by the children's great-grandmother, but "The Robe" is the first quilt made from start to finish by myself.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum