QUILT INDEX RECORD
14-10-269
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Who documented this quilt?
Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Documentation Number:
AFC 1982/009: BR8-GJ35-18
Alternate inventory number for this quilt. This might be a museum accession number.
afcqltbr br049
This is a:
Finished quilt
Quilt's title:
Double Wedding Ring quilt
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Double Wedding Ring
How wide is the quilt?
inches
How long is the quilt?
inches
Time period:
1976-1999
When was the quilt finished?
September 18, 1978
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
According to Geraldine Johnson's fieldnotes, this quilt was made by Elva Hayes.
Quilt top made by:
Craft Shop, Stone Mountain
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
The quilt was made to be used for:
Bedding, daily use
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?qlt:49:./temp/~ammem_MmYr:
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Description of quilt:
This quilt was documented during a research project to identify and document practitioners of traditional customs in the communities of North Carolina and Virginia along a section of the Blue Ridge Parkway. The project was conducted by the Library of Congress's American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service.
Who photographed this quilt?
Johnson, Geraldine N.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Email: folklife@loc.gov
Details
Cite this Quilt
Craft Shop, Stone Mountai. Double Wedding Ring quilt. September 18, 1978. From American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Blue Ridge Parkway Folklife Project Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=14-10-269. Accessed: 04/24/24