QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Winedale Quilt Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin

Texas Quilt Search Number:

TMM1551-1

Alternate inventory control number:

W2h37.03

Person filling out this form is:

Blood relative of quiltmaker; Other

Source of the information on this quilt:

technical reviewer

When was the form filled out?

1959, 2007

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Other

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

donor, technical reviewer

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Feather Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

2251

How wide is the quilt?

72 in.

How long is the quilt?

85 in.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Green; Pink; White

Antique colors:

Chrome Green; Double Pink

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Pencil or pen or marking lines; Stains

Describe the damage:

pencil lines are very prominent

Time period:

1850-1875

Family/owner's date for quilt:

ca. early 1850s; family/donor stated in 1959 that quilt was over 100 years old

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

1850-1875

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

15 pieced blocks; 15 plain blocks

Size of quilt blocks:

12 in. x 12 in.

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Same block throughout; Squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

6 inch border of plain white fabric, but a white fabric different from the white fabric in quilt center, suggesting that the border fabric is newer that the center fabric. The tradename "Cloth of Gold" appears on one of the border selveges.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Broadcloth

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

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

no

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

Width of pieces on the back:

34 in., 34 in., 3 1/2 in.

Describe the back:

Machine sewn; Same fabric used throughout

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

How is the binding made?

Hand sewn; Home cut; Machine sewn; Straight grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How thick is the quilt?

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

cotton

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Width between quilting lines:

3/4 in.

Can you see any knots on the front or back of the quilt?

no

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch; Grid square; Outline

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering; Vines; Wreaths

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Feathered wreaths in plain blocks; feathered vines in borders; grids and outline quilting in pieced blocks.

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Heavy pencil quilting lines are still visible on the quilt top. It appears that the feathered star blocks were pieced first by hand and the quilt assembled by machine at a later date. The borders may have been added later. Quilting appears unfinished because it is unequally dense.

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mrs. Edwin R. Smith (address unknown) inherited this quilt from her grandmother, the quiltmaker. According to the donor ca. 1959, the quilt was "Grandmother's quilt, over one hundred years old."

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

This quilt is one of approximately forty-two quilts that the Texas Memorial Museum (TMM) at the University of Texas at Austin transferred to the University’s Center for American History (CAH) in April 2003 as part of TMM’s transfer of selected material culture objects from its collections to CAH and other research facilities on the UT-Austin campus. These TMM quilts are now part of CAH’s Winedale Quilt Collection. Information relating to each quilt’s provenance is based on documentation recorded by TMM staff at the time of acquisition, which began in the early 1940s and continued until 2003. This quilt was accessioned by the Texas Memorial Museum March 9, 1959. It was donated by Mrs. Edwin R. Smith, the granddaughter of the quiltmaker. The date of donation and the name of the quiltmaker are not known.

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection; Study or teaching aid

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

"From Our Hands: A Sesquicentennial Celebration of Quilts," February 16 - March 29, 1986, Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin; annual quilt show, 2004, Winedale, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Described in exhibition catalog for "From Our Hands: A Sesquicentennial Celebration of Quilts," Texas Memorial Museum, University of Texas at Austin, 1986.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Winedale, Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin

Quilt owner's city:

Round Top

Quilt owner's county:

Fayette

Quilt owner's state:

Texas (TX)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Who photographed this quilt?

Billy Moore

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Assistant Director Winedale

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