QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-3499
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
99.1060
Quilt's title:
Lord's Prayer
Quilt top made by:
Drake, John
Quilted by:
Drake, John
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Inherited
Where the quilt was made, city:
Atlanta
Where the quilt was made, county:
Fulton
Where the quilt was made, state:
Georgia (GA)
Time period:
1901-1929
When was the quilt started?
1928
When was the quilt finished?
1930
Quiltmaker's gender:
Male
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
3/1978
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
African American Indian
Quiltmaker's educational background:
some college
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Methodist
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Chemical Laboratory/Procter and Gamble
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Drake, John
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
African American
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Drake, Elenora Cade
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Indian
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Secretary
How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
From Relative
When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?
Under 10 years of age
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
66"
How long is the quilt?
86"
Quilt's condition:
Poor/very worn
Type of inscription:
Message
What is inscribed on the quilt?
THE LORDS PRAYER. OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN. HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THEY KINGDOM COME THY EILL BE DONE IN EARTH. AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY. OUR DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE OUR DEBTS. AS WE FOR GIVE OUR DEBTORS. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM. THE POWER. AND THE GLORY. FOR EVER. AMEN
Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:
Pieced
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
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
How is the binding made?
Back turned to front
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cannot tell
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
4
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
5
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
Peach
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Autumn Comforts Quilt Show, sponsored by the Marquette County Quilter's Association, Marquette, MI, October 22-23, 1994, Northern Michigan University Great Lakes Rooms
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Quilt Show Catalogue
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Gwendolyn Chapman
Quilt owner's city:
Gwinn
Quilt owner's county:
Marquette
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
This quilt was made by the owner's brother, at age 9 or 10, with a little help from his grandmother.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Drake, Joh. Lord's Prayer. 1930. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-3499. Accessed: 03/29/24