QUILT INDEX RECORD

25-21-315

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:

TMM2542-4

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

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:

Ladies' Fancy Variation

Brackman # or other source & #:

2002, similar

How wide is the quilt?

73 in.

How long is the quilt?

81 3/4 in.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White; Yellow

Overall color scheme:

Two color

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Fading; Stains

Describe the damage:

minor brown stains; yellow has faded

Time period:

1876-1900

Family/owner's date for quilt:

Texas Memorial Museum dated quilt to ca. 1900

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

1880-1910

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

24

Size of quilt blocks:

10 in. x 10 in.

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by cornerstones or connecting blocks sashing (different fabric in intersection); Separated by inner only sashing (no sashing along outer edge of outer blocks); Separated by pieced pattern sashing

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

5 inch plain white border; at top and bottom there is nosashing on outer edges of outer blocks, so border frames outer edge.

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

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?

Yellow

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

Describe the back:

Print; 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?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (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:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Width between quilting lines:

1 in.

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

no

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables; Fans; Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

Fans in pieced blocks; straight line quilting in sashing; intersecting circles in cornerstones; 2 line intersecting circles in border.

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 (1870-1949) Pence 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, TMM2542-2, and TMM2542-3.

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection; Study or teaching aid

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 maiden name:

Arnold, Laura Bell

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1870

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1949

Quiltmaker's city:

Midland

Quiltmaker's state:

Texas (TX)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Arnold, Cinthia

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Pence, Winfred Newton

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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