QUILT INDEX RECORD
24-20-209
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum; Quilts and Human Rights
Who documented this quilt?
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum accession number:
PQ.1991.012.001
Alternate inventory control number:
CQC1120
This is a:
Finished quilt
Quilt's title:
Japanese Crazy Quilt
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Crazy
How wide is the quilt?
55.000 inches
How long is the quilt?
83.000 inches
Shape of corners:
Rounded
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Time period:
Timespan
When was the quilt started?
1940
When was the quilt finished?
1970
Describe the quilt's layout:
Crazy
Subject of the quilt:
Nature - Landscape
Describe the borders:
Dim/Block: none Dim/Sash: none Dim/Border1: none Dim/Border2: none Dim/Border3: none Dim/Binding: 0.5" Other Dim Dtls (see Descr)
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Polyester; Silk
Fabric types used to make the quilt top:
Satin
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Geometric; Plaid; Solid/plain; Striped
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery; Painting
Materials used to make the back:
Flannel
What color is the back of the quilt?
Beige or Tan
Describe the back:
Hand sewn
How is the binding made?
Bias grain; Hand sewn; Machine sewn
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
No filling
How are the layers held together?
Not quilted
Describe the quilting designs used:
Embroidery holds quilt together
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
RMQM Search Terms: Other Block: Other Sash: Other Border1: Other Border2: Other Border3: Other Binding: hand/machine-bound, bias, from scraps Other Dim Dtls: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Artist Names/Info: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Medium/FiberT: Other Material/FabricT: Other Technique/Fab Prts: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Layout Fmt: medallion center with wagon-wheel rays and two outer circular borders surrounding a center circle with a hand-painted landscape ------------------------------------------------------- Other Piecing Techn: Other Appliq Techn: Other Novelty Techn: Other Embell Techn & Items: cotton hand embroidery, hand-painted center medallion Unique Constr Techn: ------------------------------------------------------- Other Quilting Techn: Embroidery holds the quilt together QStitches/Inch Place1: QStitches/Inch Place2: Thread: Quilting Designs Used: ------------------------------------------------------- Overall Color Scheme: Other PredomCol: multi Other QSpecificCol: ------------------------------------------------------- Batting: none Backing: hand-pieced tan flannel sheet Edge Shape: Corner Shape: rounded ------------------------------------------------------- Add'l Info re Q's Appear/Matls/Constr: Add'l Info re Q's Design/Sources:
Quilt top made by:
Quiltmaker, Unknown
Quilted by:
Mitchell, Eugenia
Other people who worked on this quilt:
Mitchell, Eugenia
Where the quilt was made, city:
Golden
Where the quilt was made, state:
Colorado (CO)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
This quilt is hand pieced with solid, plaid, striped, and geometric prints and embroidered with cotton embroidery floss in green, navy, and rose. There is no batting. The binding is made of bias multicolored fabrics with rounded corners. There is no quilting. The backing is a handsewn pieced tan flannel sheet. The quilt is made from ties brought from Japan by the maker who was born in Japan, immigrated to California, and was sent to Colorado during World War II. She met Eugenia Mitchell at a museum in Littleton. HowAcquired: donation Ownership/History: Made by a Japanese woman who originally immigrated to California, but was placed in an internment camp in Colorado during WWII. She says she met Eugenia Mitchell at a "little depot museum" in Littleton, CO. The unknown Japanese woman started the quilt and Eugenia Mitchell finished it. LocMade: ///CO//USA
Why was the quilt made?
Unknown
The quilt was made to be used for:
Unknown
Quilt is presently used as:
Museum collection
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public Museum, Library or Institution
Quilt owner's name:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Quilt owner's city:
Golden
Quilt owner's state:
Colorado (CO)
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum
Cite this Quilt
Quiltmaker, Unknow. Japanese Crazy Quilt. 1970. From Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=24-20-209. Accessed: 04/24/24