QUILT INDEX RECORD
21-17-2710
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:
FA44
Alternate inventory control number:
FA044
Person filling out this form is:
Relative of quiltmaker
Source of the information on this quilt:
Granddaughter
When was the form filled out?
12-02-1985; St. James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville, 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:
Drunkard's Path
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Drunkard's Path
Brackman # or other source & #:
1461
How wide is the quilt?
84.5"
How long is the quilt?
91"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Rounded
What color is the quilt?
Pink; White
Quilt's condition:
Unknown/Not Rated
Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:
Unwashed
Time period:
1901-1929
Family/owner's date for quilt:
1928
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1928
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Roberson, Ruth
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
440
Size of quilt blocks:
3.5" x 3.5"
Describe the quilt setting:
Hand sewn set
Sashing width:
None
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
Single 7.5" white cotton border
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:
Other Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Other
Description of the back:
Domestic
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
6
Width of pieces on the back:
35.25"
Describe the binding:
Hand sewn; Machine sewn; Applied binding; Two-step; White
How is the binding made?
Straight grain
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
less than a half inch
How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?
Fat 1/4"
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:
Single thread
Color of thread used in the quilting:
White
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
20
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
20
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Other
Describe the quilting designs used:
Crosshatch; Border: orange peel
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
Left little tails in quilting but no knots
Quilt top made by:
Long, Mary
Quilted by:
Shuping, Margaret
Where the quilt was made, city:
Richland
Where the quilt was made, county:
Keokuk County
Where the quilt was made, state:
Iowa (IA)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Gift to owner's mother, Harriet
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Owner received quilt from her mother
Why was the quilt made?
Gift or presentation
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
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:
Purchased
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Photo of quiltmaker, in family records
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's city:
Edneyville
Quilt owner's county:
Henderson County
Quilt owner's state:
North Carolina (NC)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Halferty
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1847
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Ohio
Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:
United States
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1937
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
White
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Protestant
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
Quiltmaker's county:
Keokuk County
Quiltmaker's city:
Richland
Quiltmaker's state:
Iowa (IA)
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Farmer
Number of children:
8
Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:
Made other quilts, with family; Children: John, Lola, Fanny, Bertha, Harriet, Ollie, Frank; Quiltmaker is owner's maternal grandmother
Who photographed this quilt?
North Carolina Quilt Project
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
North Carolina Museum of History
Cite this Quilt
Long, Mar. Drunkard's Path. 1901-1929. From North Carolina Museum of History, North Carolina Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=21-17-2710. Accessed: 04/19/24