QUILT INDEX RECORD

22-18-148

Who documented this quilt?

Quilts of Tennessee; McMinn County Living Heritage Museum Collection

The Quilts of Tennessee Documentation Number:

0024

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

McMinn County Living Heritage Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Athens

Quilt owner's state:

Tennessee (TN)

Alternate inventory control number:

83.45.1

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Made as wedding gift for daughter Flora Isabel Collake (m. 09/05/1905). Flora was born 02/05/1891. Quilt descended through family.

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

Donated to Living Heritage Museum by family

Where the quilt was made, county:

Monroe

Where the quilt was made, state:

Tennessee (TN)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1905

Quilt top made by:

Collake, Amanda Rogers

Quiltmaker's birth date:

c. 1865

Quilted by:

Collake, Amanda Rogers

How wide is the quilt?

65

How long is the quilt?

80

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Owner's name for quilt:

Bars

Describe the quilt's layout:

Vertical strip

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading; Stains

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

What color is the quilt?

Green; Red; White

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Strippy or vertical bands (in vertical rows separated by plain vertical bars)

Describe the quilt setting:

Bars comprised of 5 (1 1/2

Shape of edge:

Straight

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Description of the back:

Coarse cotton backing

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

White

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

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?

Received as a gift

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Quilts of Tennessee

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