QUILT INDEX RECORD

22-18-47

Who documented this quilt?

Quilts of Tennessee

The Quilts of Tennessee Documentation Number:

0219

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Grandson of quilt maker

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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

Quilt maker's husband was a master mechanic at the cotton mills in Georgia. He was also the only auto mechanic in Cedartown.

Where the quilt was made, city:

Cedartown

Where the quilt was made, state:

Georgia (GA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c. 1900

Quilt top made by:

English, Harriet Annie Parks

Quiltmaker's birth date:

06/25/1877

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/19/1936

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

English, William Bartlett

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Parks, Robert

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Parks, Harriet Thompson

Quilted by:

English, Harriet Annie Parks

How wide is the quilt?

55.5"

How long is the quilt?

76"

Size of quilt blocks:

5.5" x 8.5"

Owner's name for quilt:

Quilt of International Flags

Describe the quilt's layout:

Other

Number of quilt blocks:

98

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Foundation Piecing; Machine Piecing

Embellishment techniques:

Embroidery

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Tobacco flannels stitched to muslin backing. Decorative feather stitching over the seams.

Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Backing was added in 1929

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Flannel

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Printed flannel - flags & Indian blanket desings given with tobacco products

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Shape of edge:

Straight

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

Red

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Patches outlined/in the ditch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline quilting around each block.

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Tennessee State Library and Archives

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

Copyright holder:

Quilts of Tennessee