QUILT INDEX RECORD

16-12-100

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

DAR Museum

Who documented this quilt?

DAR Museum; Permanent Collection

DAR Number:

74.58

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Wholecloth

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Whitework

How wide is the quilt?

80 3/4 inches

How long is the quilt?

93 3/4 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White

Overall color scheme:

One color/monochromatic

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt finished?

ca. 1810

Describe the quilt's layout:

Wholecloth

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

None

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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:

29, 29 1/4, 27

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting; Corded; Stuffed work

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:

Clamshell; Grid diamond

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Other

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Basket, pineapple, rose, tulip, clam shell

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

The center design of a floral cornucopia is enclosed in an oval of intertwined cording. There are four borders; first outside the oval is a grapevine forming a rectangle around the oval, then a wide border of clamshell quilting,then a running feather with offshoots of pineapple, rose, tulip and daisy, then diagonal quilting on the final border.

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 information on the quilt is that the quilt was purchased from Milah Suzanne Bissell by her cousin Eloise Sloane Buchan (Mrs. George L. Buchan, donor). The quilt was probably made by Ruth Hardgrove Sloane (b. 2/3/1785, Pennsylvania) wife of John Sloane (b. 11/3/1778). They were married June 17, 1801. John Sloane was U. S. Treasurer under President Fillmore. Their home still exists in Wooster, Ohio. Sloane was a native of York County, Pennsylvania and later moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania. He then moved on to Jefferson County, Ohio, and Columbiana County and later to Wayne County, Ohio. (See paper file for extensive genealogy and information.

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

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

DAR Museum

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