QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Signature Quilt Pilot Project; International Quilt Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Signature Quilt Project Public Submission

Signature Quilt Pilot Project Number:

2003.003.0241

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Rolling Stone Signature Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Rolling Stone

Brackman # or other source & #:

1727a,b

How wide is the quilt?

92 inches

How long is the quilt?

105 inches

What color is the quilt?

Brown; Pink; Red; Yellow

Antique colors:

Turkey Red

Type of inscription:

Date; Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

1a:Matilda Person ihr Teppich. 1853. 1b:Maria Anna Widert. 1c:Heinrich Schnurman. 1d:Daniel Erdman. 1e:Sarah Matilda Erdman. 2a:Georg Kemmerer. 2b:Peter Widert. 2c:Franklin Stettler. 2d:Maria Wonsitler. 2e:Jacob Erdman. 3a:Elisabeth Kemmerer. 3b:Jacob Schneider. 3c:Johannes Berger. 3d:Benjamin Kemmerer. 3e:Johannes Sell. 4a:Lydia Schneider. 4b:Maria Schneider. 4c:Anna Seider. 4d:Amanda Salady. 4e:E_oelina Sell. 5a:William Schneider. 5b:Catharina Schneider. 5c:Maria Seider. 5d:Peter Hottel. 5e:Morgan T. Person. 6a:No Inscription 6b:Eliza Person. 6c:Abraham Sell. 6d:Thomas Widert. 6e:Mesianna Wieder.

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1853

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on block

Time period:

1850-1875

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

1853

Further information concerning dates:

1853 is written on the quilt in block 1a, which is inscribed "Matilda Person ihr Teppich. 1853."

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Quilt top made by:

Unkown, Quiltmaker

Where the quilt was made, county:

Probably Lehigh County

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Describe the source of the pattern:

Unknown

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

According to census information, Cawley has identified Matilda Person as a 21 year old residing in Upper Milford with her farmer father whose property was worth $6,000 dollars. Cawley's "research of the names inscribed on the Lehigh County fraktur quilts is available at the library of the Lehigh County Historical Society, Hamilton at Fifth, P.O. Box 1548, Allentown, PA 18105-1548. Phone 610-435-1074." In Lest I Shall be Forgotten by Nancy and Donald Roan, they discuss fraktur quilt styles and call them Beddelmann (beggar) quilts.

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

Publications: Cawley, Lucinda R. "Ihr Teppich: Quilts and Fraktur." Uncoverings 2004 V.25 11-40. Ewing, Gretchen. Quilts. Allentown: Call Chronicle, 1983. Holstein, Jonathan. American Quilts. Kyoto: Korinsha Co. Ltd., 1976. Holstein, Jonathan. Made To Remember HF Johnson Museum, Cornell. Ithaca: H.F. Johnson Museum-Cornell, 1991. Pg 36. Rogers, Susan. Crazy Like a Quilt. New York: New York Post, 1971. Pg 46. Yokan Kyoto Shimbun. Kyoto: Yukan Kyoto Shimbun, 1976. Exhibitions American Quilts. Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Japan. 7/04/76-08/08/76. Quilts and Ceramics. Museum of Art University of Michagan. 07/10/82-08/22/82. Goethe House, NYC. 09/13/83-10/22/83.

Quilt owner's name:

International Quilt Study Center

Quilt owner's city:

Lincoln

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

This rolling stone signature quilt contains 29 names. The names all appear to be inscriped by one hand in the fraktur lettering style. For more information on fraktur lettering and quilts see Lucinda Cawley's article "Ihr Teppich: Quilts and Fraktur," in Uncoverings 2004. This quilt is included in Cawley's research.

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