QUILT INDEX RECORD

16-12-297

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

DAR Museum

Who documented this quilt?

DAR Museum, Permanent Collection

DAR Number:

92.1

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Fruit Basket

Brackman # or other source & #:

73.6

How wide is the quilt?

82 inches

How long is the quilt?

94 1/2 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Red; Orange; Yellow; Brown; White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

ca. 1860

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12 pattern blocks, 6 whole plain blocks, 6 half plain blocks, 4 quarter blocks.

Size of quilt blocks:

16 1/2 x 16 1/2

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

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:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique; Machine Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

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:

34, 34 3/4, 12 1/2

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back

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

greater than one inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid square; Outline

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

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

Green braid is used for tendrils.

Quilt top made by:

Sneed, Mary Deloach

Where the quilt was made, city:

Waco

Where the quilt was made, state:

Texas (TX)

Where the quilt was made, country:

USA

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

Made by Mary Deloach Sneed of Waco, Texas, and it is machine quilted, using one of the earliest treadle sewing machines in Texas The donor indicates: "Quilt made by Mrs. Mary De Loach Sneed prior to 1850. She made and stuffed the baskets by hand, and stitched the white part on her new sewing machine- one of the first made after it was invented."

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Quilts from a Young Country, Houston International Quilt Festival, 2008, Houston TX.

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

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

DAR Museum