QUILT INDEX RECORD

21-17-2711

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:

FA45

Alternate inventory control number:

FA045

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:

Double Irish Chain

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Double Irish Chain

Brackman # or other source & #:

1014

How wide is the quilt?

78"

How long is the quilt?

85.5"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White; Blue or Navy; Pink

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

Stain

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Fragile

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

Early 1920s

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

Circa 1920

Who estimated the quilt's date?

McCarter, Sue

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

72

Size of quilt blocks:

8.25" x 8.25"

Describe the quilt setting:

Irish Chain set: 25 blocks of 1.5" squares; 10" block with 1.25" squares in corner; Hand sewn set

Sashing width:

None

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

Double border: 2.5", 3", pink and white/blue dot; cotton; Applied Capital Steps style

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain; Dotted

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:

2

Width of pieces on the back:

42", 34"

Describe the back:

Machine sewn

Describe the binding:

Hand sewn; Applied binding; Pink

How is the binding made?

Other

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)?

3/8"

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:

Elbow/fan; Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

Crosshatch

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

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?

Unknown

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?

Brown, J.E.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

North Carolina Museum of History