QUILT INDEX RECORD

25-21-305

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:

TMM2491-3

Person filling out this form is:

Other

Source of the information on this quilt:

donor, technical reviewer

When was the form filled out?

1984, 2007

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

donor, technical reviewer

This is a:

Finished quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Double Wedding Ring

How wide is the quilt?

85 in.

How long is the quilt?

85 in.

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Shape of corners:

Rounded

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Red; White; Yellow

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Time period:

1950-1975

Family/owner's date for quilt:

Texas Memorial Museum dated quilt to ca. 1900

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

1940-1960

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Subject of the quilt:

ring blocks

Number of quilt blocks:

25 ring blocks

Size of quilt blocks:

23 inches in diameter

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

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:

Checked; Multiple scrap; Solid/plain; Striped

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

The four blocks at the intersection of each ring are plain blue and yellow (two blue, two yellow).

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:

33 in., 33 1/2 in., 19.5 in.

Describe the back:

Machine sewn; Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

Describe the binding:

yellow binding

How is the binding made?

Hand sewn; 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?

Cotton

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:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Floral

Describe the quilting designs used:

Quilting lines outline the shape of the rings 1/4 in. to the inside and outside edge of the rings; there is another row of quilting through the center of each ring. A flower is quilted into the center of each of the plain white blocks.

Where the quilt was made, state:

Illinois (IL)

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 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 donated to the Texas Memorial Museum on December 17, 1984 by Col. Guy M. Cloud of Austin, Texas. Col. Cloud also donated five other quilts: see TMM2491-1, TMM2491-2, TMM2491-4, TMM2491-5 and TMM2491-6. The maker of each quilt is unknown, and the donor’s relationship to the quiltmaker is unknown for each of these quilts.

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

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

Described in exhibition catalog "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 state:

Illinois (IL)

Who photographed this quilt?

Billy Moore

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Assistant Director Winedale

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