QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Signature Quilt Pilot Project

Who documented this quilt?

Signature Quilt Project Public Submission

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Embroidered signature (summer) quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Floral embroidery

How wide is the quilt?

65"top plus 17" ruffle added to each side

How long is the quilt?

75" plus 17" ruffle added to bottom only

What color is the quilt?

Beige or Tan

Type of inscription:

Date; Multiple Names; Place

What is inscribed on the quilt?

A1: Mrs. H.T.Gladfelter, Lima, Ohio A2: Helen May Koenig, 533 Peace Street, Hazelton, PA, Birthday: May 14, 1886 A3: Emma Murphy, Newtown Sq., Del. Co., Pa., Oct 8, 1929 A4: Miss Myrtle Russell, Madill, Okla R3 A5: Millie Pulling, Harford, NY Jan 8, 1929 A6: Sarah Roth, Englewood, NJ Aug 14, 1929 A7: Ada Flowers, Oregon, June 7/1928 B1: Gladys Phillips, Pueblo, Colo. B2: Essie Overton, Putnam, Texas B3: Beatrice Morris, Vardaman, Miss., Age 30, Jan 23, 1929 B4: Millicent Richards, Huntington Park, California, '29 B5: Marion Hardy, Albany, New York B6: Mrs. Joan(?) Swanson, Epperson, Tennessee B7: Norma Payne, Ind., May 23, 1928 C1: Edna Horne, Wildwood, N.J. C2: Ethel Green, Marion, Ohio C3: Mrs. C. J. White, Louisville, KY C4: M. Amy Johnson, Burton-on-Trent, England C5: Kathryn Creg, Reynolds, North Dakota C6; Eula Barnett, Wabash, Indiana C7: In Memory of Anna A. Austin, San Francisco, Cal., Born March 14, Died Nov 13, '25. D1: Helen Horne, Wildwood, N.J., 3 years D2: Mrs Margie Lee, Cumberland, Maryland D3: Lottie Croad, Chicago, Illinois D4: Lizzie Clark, Shawnee Place, Rosedale, Kansas, July 23-29 D5: Hanna Maxfield, Bristol, R.I. age 74 D6: Florence Smith, Lima Ohio D7: Minna Kroll, Prosser, Nebr. E1: Harriet Fager, Wildwood, New Jersey E2: Alice Fitz, Star City, Ind. E3: Glee Oleta McNutt, Columbus, Ohio E4: Violet Sager, Twining, Mich. E5: Esther Gaston, Lima, Ohio E6: Evva M Thomas, Philadelphia, Penna., 1929 E7: Linda Murphy, Newtown Sq., Del. Co. Pa. Sept 24, 1929 F1: Margaret M. T. Underhill, Mamaroneck, New York, 1929 F2: Mrs. Cain Brunt, Medicine Bow, Wyoming F3: Amy Rowan, Harris, Missouri F4: Martha Borcherding, Highmore, So Dak. 1-9-1882 F5: Ida McIntyre, Kansas City, MO F6: Helen D. Ricker, Old Orchard, Maine, The Pine Tree State, 1929 F7: Louise Sanders, Lima Ohio

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on block

Time period:

1901-1929

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

ca. 1929

Further information concerning dates:

1928 and 1929 is embroidered on many blocks.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Quilt top made by:

Unknown, Quiltmaker

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

One of two purchased in Ocala, FL antique store. One block has a name from Leesburg, FL which is about 30 miles south of Ocala. I would guess that is the person who collected the blocks and put them together into these two quilts.

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship

Describe the source of the pattern:

Other

Quilt owner's name:

Mary Anne Randall

Quilt owner's city:

Gainesville

Quilt owner's state:

Florida

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

Embroidered signature blocks (42) from many states and England. Mostly floral but some animals and birds.

Essay:

Did a national publication or pattern maker sponsor a nation-wide block exchange?

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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