QUILT INDEX RECORD

25-21-313

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:

TMM2542-2

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?

1986, 2007

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Other

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

donor, technical reviewer

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Drunkard's Path

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Robbing Peter to Pay Paul

Brackman # or other source & #:

1461a

How wide is the quilt?

65 in.

How long is the quilt?

75 1/2 in.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Gold; White

Antique colors:

Indigo Blue

Overall color scheme:

Two color; Bright or primary colors

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Time period:

1876-1900

Family/owner's date for quilt:

Texas Memorial Museum dated quilt to ca. 1885

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

1890-1910

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

35 full; 7 3/4-sized

Size of quilt blocks:

10 in. x 10 in.

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

4 inch plain white border

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:

Conversation Prints; Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

tiny gold anchors on indigo blue ground

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand 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:

2

Width of pieces on the back:

32 1/2 in., 33 in.

Describe the back:

Machine sewn; Same fabric used throughout

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

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:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Width between quilting lines:

1 in.

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Describe the quilting designs used:

outline quilting in pieced blocks; diamond grid in border

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

Quilt appears to be indigo blue and white; but tiny gold anchors are print on indigo blue fabric.

Quilt top made by:

Pence, Laura Bell Arnold; Arnold, Cinthia

Quilted by:

Pence, Laura Bell Arnold; Arnold, Cinthia

Where the quilt was made, city:

Demotte

Where the quilt was made, state:

Indiana (IN)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

The donor of this quilt was Mary Louise Seggerman DePuy of Austin, Texas. She stated that the quilt was made either by her great grandmother Cinthia Arnold in DeMotte, Indiana or by her grandmother Laura Bell Arnold Pence (1870-1949) in Midland, Texas, or most likely by both women. The donor inherited the quilt from her mother Floy Arnold Pence (1896-1978) and aunt Lydia Arnold Pence Dixon (1898-?).

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. Mrs. Dupuy donated this quilt to the Texas Memorial Museum on December 16, 1986. The donor of this quilt also donated three other quilts at the same time: see TMM2542-1, TMM2542-3, and TMM2542-4.

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection; Study or teaching aid

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Exhibited at Winedale in February 2005 as part of Winedale quilt show "Stitches in Time: Antique Quilts from the Decorative Arts Collection."

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Winedale, Center for American History, University o 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 maiden name:

Arnold, Laura Bell

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1870

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1949

Quiltmaker's city:

Midland

Quiltmaker's state:

Texas (TX)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Arnold, {unknown first name]

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Arnold, Cinthia

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

Who photographed this quilt?

Billy Moore

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Assistant Director Winedale

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