QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

North Carolina Museum of History

Who documented this quilt?

North Carolina Quilt Project

North Carolina Quilt Project Number:

BA52

Alternate inventory control number:

BA052

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker

Source of the information on this quilt:

Daughter and granddaughter

When was the form filled out?

11-23-1985; Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Tobacco Leaf

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Pickle Dish

Brackman # or other source & #:

303

How wide is the quilt?

64"

How long is the quilt?

78"

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Black; Green

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading; Other

Describe the damage:

Unspecified damage

Family/owner's date for quilt:

Top: 1915; Quilted: early 1940s

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1915 and 1940

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Not specified

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Sashing width:

None

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

Single 3.5" plain green cotton border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Other

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Checked; Print; Solid/plain; Striped

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Gingham; Fugitive dye

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Other

Description of the back:

Gingham check; Vertical seams

What color is the back of the quilt?

Green

Width of pieces on the back:

24.375"

Describe the back:

Machine sewn

Describe the binding:

Green binding

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front; Hand sewn

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

half inch - one inch

How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?

3/4"

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

Single thread

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:

12

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

Follows top design; Concentric

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

Pieced in 1915 and given to daughter who quilted it about 30 years later

Quilt top made by:

Johnson, Kathryn

Quilted by:

Williams, Nancy Katherine

Where the quilt was made, county:

Cumberland County

Where the quilt was made, state:

North Carolina (NC)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new; Sewing scraps

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Unknown

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

Possibly garments

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Owner has access to photo

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Fayetteville

Quilt owner's county:

Cumberland County

Quilt owner's state:

North Carolina (NC)

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

Circa 1840

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Cumberland County

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

North Carolina

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

Unknown

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Scotch-Irish

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Pastor's wife

Quiltmaker's county:

Cumberland County

Quiltmaker's state:

North Carolina (NC)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

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

Pastor

Number of children:

7

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

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Who photographed this quilt?

Manley, Roger

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

North Carolina Museum of History

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