QUILT INDEX RECORD

16-12-42

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

DAR Museum

Who documented this quilt?

DAR Museum; Permanent Collection

DAR Number:

2006.3.1

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Medallion

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Lauck Quilt

How wide is the quilt?

85 inches

How long is the quilt?

87 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Pink; White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Repairs:

Cut down to smaller size; Rebound

Type of inscription:

Message

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Presented by their Mother to W and E Lauck

Method used to make the inscription:

In the quilting

Location of inscription:

other

Describe where the inscription was found:

In center medallion

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt finished?

circa 1820

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Medallion size:

37 1/2 x 33 1/2

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Inner border of pieced pink and white sawtooth, 4 inches wide. Quilted border, 6 1/2 inches wide. Double sawtooth border in pink and white, 7 inches wide. Outer border of white, quilted, 8 inches wide.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Stuffed work

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Cream

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

4

Width of pieces on the back:

19,28 1/2, 29, 10

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

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:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Stipple; Single parallel lines

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering; Floral; Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

Eagle, grapes

Quilt top made by:

Lauck, Amelia Heiskell

Where the quilt was made, city:

Winchester

Where the quilt was made, state:

Virginia (VA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

USA

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

See DAR 87.50 for quilt by same maker. See 2006.3.2 for quilt from same family. Amelia Heiskell [1760-1842] was the wife of Peter Lauck [1754-1839]a Revolutionary War veteran who ran the Red Lion Inn in Winchester Virginia. They had eleven children, six that lived to adulthood. Four extremely similar quilts made by her survive. Three are inscribed to three of her chiildren. Two are in the DAR Museum collection, two are in the collection of Colonial Williamsburg. This one was made for her youngest son William who married Eliza Jane Sowers in 1830. The quilt is inscribed "Presented by their Mother to W&E Lauck" (in banner in eagle's beak in center medallion). The quilt may have been made closer to the 1823 date of the other quilt made for daughter Rebecca [87.50] and presented to William and his wife upon their marriage.

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Eye on Elegance: Early Quilts of Maryland and Virginia DAR Museum Washington, D.C. Oct. 3, 2014 – Sept. 5. 2015

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 maiden name:

Heiskell

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1761

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1779

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Lauck, Peter C.

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Innkeeper

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

DAR Museum

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