QUILT INDEX RECORD

16-12-23

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

DAR Museum

Who documented this quilt?

DAR Museum; Permanent Collection

DAR Number:

7127

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Garden Maze

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Kuhn Family Quilt

Brackman # or other source & #:

1054

How wide is the quilt?

84 inches

How long is the quilt?

84 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White; Brown; Red

Overall color scheme:

Two color

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt finished?

1830-1840

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Number of quilt blocks:

16

Size of quilt blocks:

18 x18

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

Altrnating bands of print and white fabric. Inside border 2 inches, middle 1 3/4 inches, outside border 2 inches.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain; Print

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

Width of pieces on the back:

14 1/2, 35, 35

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

cotton

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid diamond

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Quilt top made by:

Kuhns, Susan

Where the quilt was made, city:

Greensburg

Where the quilt was made, state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

USA

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

Donor history states: "This quilt was made by my mother's great Aunt Susan Kuhns (born 1787) for her niece Mariah Kuhns (born 1817), who married Amos Rumbaugh. All of the above mentioned were from Greensburg, Pennsylvania. The brown fabric [on the quilt] was Mariah's "second day" dress or the one she wore the day after her wedding to begin house keeping in. I do not know if it was usual to make the small cradle quilt to match the large one. I know the Kuhns women almost always did. The family came from Alsace in 1738." See DAR 7128 for crib quilt. See also DAR 7123, DAR 7125, and DAR 7126 for other quilts from same Donor.

Why was the quilt made?

Wedding

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

DAR Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Washington, DC

Quilt owner's state:

Washington D.C.

Quilt owner's country:

USA

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1787

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

DAR Museum