QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

DAR Museum

Who documented this quilt?

DAR Museum, Permanent Collection

DAR Number:

93.154

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

The Prairie Flower

Brackman # or other source & #:

10.53, 9.26

How wide is the quilt?

79 inches

How long is the quilt?

88 1/2 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Green; Yellow; Red; White

Overall color scheme:

Two color

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Type of inscription:

Initials

What is inscribed on the quilt?

E x W

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on back

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

ca. 1850

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1817

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

15 full blocks, 8 half blocks, and 4 quarter blocks

Size of quilt blocks:

13 1/2 x 13 1/2

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Other

Describe the quilt setting:

Alternating with pieced squares

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

2

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

Appliqued vine and flower border, 8 inches wide at the long sides, 11 1/2 inches at the short sides.

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

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

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:

32 1/2, 33, 13 1/2

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back

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?

Medium (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:

8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Echo

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering; Floral

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

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

Pink binding.

Quilt top made by:

Wendell, Effa DeLong

Where the quilt was made, state:

Ohio (OH)

Where the quilt was made, country:

USA

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

According to donor," Effa pieced, appliqued and quilted this quilt probably at the time of her wedding in Ohio in 1817. Effa b. 1797 Maryland, and d. 1876 Mason County, IL. Mother of Thomas Wendell d. 1912 Lincoln, IL, the father of Sarah Ann Wendell Treakle (Mrs. John Wm.) d. 1948 Middletown, IL, the mother of Vera Ethel (d. 1979) Treakle Coningham (Mrs. Seward Bradman), mother of the donor. Effa then is the great-great grandmother of Winifred [donor]." This quilt identified in "Ohio Quilt Project." Style and fabrics of the quilt indicate Donor's date is incorrect and that the quilt was made circa 1850.

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 maiden name:

DeLong

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1797

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1817

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1876

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

DAR Museum