QUILT INDEX RECORD

22-18-309

Who documented this quilt?

Quilts of Tennessee; Carroll Reece Museum Collection

The Quilts of Tennessee Documentation Number:

0492

Alternate inventory control number:

0492a

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Great, great granddaughter of quilt maker

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Quilt descended through family then presented to Carroll Reece Museum, at East Tennessee State University.

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

This quilt (and Rocky Mountain Rail Road) made for Nan Kinkead's dowry/hope chest when she came home from college, Holston Conference Female College for Women, Asheville, North Carolina, 1856.The feathered star was loaned to a young confederate soldier during the Civil War, when he hid out in a cave in back of the house. The farm was called Cave Hill Farm bacause of the cave there. The quilt was found some years after the war in the cave, stuck in a wall nook.

Where the quilt was made, city:

Rogersville

Where the quilt was made, county:

Hawkins

Where the quilt was made, state:

Tennessee (TN)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1850-1875

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c. 1855

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

c. 1855

Quilt top made by:

Kinkead, Rowanna; Kinkead, Nan; Kinkead, Polly Ann

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1805

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1893

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Farmers/Tanners

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quilted by:

Kinkead, Rowanna; Kinkead, Nan; Kinkead, Polly Ann

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Scotch Irish

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

See "Southern Quilts, Surviving Relics of the Civil War" by Bets Ramsey and Merikay Waldvogel - published 1998. (pages 68-73) -- See also, "Miss Nan, Beloved Rebel" by Margaret Lyons Smith - self published 1987.

If the quilt was made by a group, describe activities the group engaged in:

Mother & daughters

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

How wide is the quilt?

61.5

How long is the quilt?

77.5

Size of quilt blocks:

8 x 8

Shape of corners:

Straight

Owner's name for quilt:

Feathered Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

2259

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Overall condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric; Tears or holes

Describe the damage:

Large tears at center of quilt

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Indigo resist

Overall color scheme:

Bright or primary colors

What color is the quilt?

Red; White

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Shape of edge:

Straight

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

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:

10

Width between quilting lines:

3/4-inch

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid diamond; Grid square; Patches outlined/in the ditch

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

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Quilts of Tennessee

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