QUILT INDEX RECORD

25-21-333

Who documented this quilt?

Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin

Texas Quilt Search Number:

tqs_0001

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner; Relative of quiltmaker; Other

Source of the information on this quilt:

This quilt was identified and reviewed during the Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association's Texas Quilt Search, 1983-1985. Karey Bresenhan served as quilt historian.

When was the form filled out?

1983-1985

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Quilt owner is the great great great granddaughter of the quiltmaker.

This is a:

Other

Describe the item:

quilt top with finished edge

Owner's name for quilt:

Mosaic Star

How wide is the quilt?

43 in.

How long is the quilt?

49 in.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Beige or Tan; Brown; Cream; Red; Turquoise or Teal; Yellow

Antique colors:

Madder Red or Cinnamon Red

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric; Fading; Mildew; Stains

Describe the damage:

many hexagons have deteriorated, especially around brown prints; fading makes some hexagons nearly invisible.

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Extremely fragile. In 1985, as part of the preparations for the “Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1836-1936” exhibit in the Texas Capitol Rotunda, the Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association sponsored a Quilt Conservation Seminar. Part of the seminar was a two-day intensive hands-on laboratory attended by quilt experts who stabilized, backed, or otherwise prepared the quilts, including this one, for exhibition.

Time period:

1800-1849

Family/owner's date for quilt:

ca. 1793-1856

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

ca. 1825

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Karey Bresenhan

Further information concerning dates:

Quiltmaker lived 1776 to 1856; married 1795. Fabrics in quilt are primarily early 19th-century chintz and good examples of 1825 period.

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Describe the quilt setting:

hexagons are joined to form stars

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Hexagons

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

Three sides of the border consist of alternating squares and right triangles; the top border only has a regular pattern of right triangles. One square in the right side border is red, the only red in the border.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Chintz

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Checked; Floral; Print; Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

rainbow roller prints

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

English template Piecing; Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique; Other applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other embellishment technique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

cut-out bouquets of chintz flowers have been appliqued in each of four corners using broderie perse technique.

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

no

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Not quilted

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

This is a crib quilt top; it has never been quilted. Some of the hexagons join to form stars, each with another hexagon-based design in the center. Several stars are carefully centered with a single flower. Additional hexagonal designs surround the stars, and the four chintz florals at the corners point inward toward the central motif. The border is an unusual combination of squares and right triangles.

Quilt top made by:

Hayne, Mary Hopkins

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Quilt owner Frances Grimes Yeargin recalls her grandmother, Frances Crockett McKenzie Johnson, showing her this quilt many times. In the family this crib quilt was always called "Mama's little cradle quilt." After her grandmother died in 1948 in Navasota, Texas, Frances Grimes Yeargin inherited the quilt.

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

Mrs. Mary Hopkins Hayne may have made this quilt in either North or South Carolina, possibly for her first granddaughter, Eliza Fannie Parks. This quilt has been handed down within the family to the present day. Eliza Fannie's daughter, Frances Crockett McKenzie, moved to Texas with her parents in 1866 by way of Mobile to Galveston. The family traveled by wagon to Cotton Gin, Texas, in Freestone County. In 1878 Frances moved to Alabama following her father's death; she took the quilt with her. There she married a member of the Johnson family in 1885 and moved back to Texas, bringing the quilt with her. Frances Crockett McKenzie Johnson and her husband settled in Navasota, Grimes County, Texas, living there from 1888 to her death in 1948. This quilt is owned by the quiltmaker's great great great granddaughter.

Why was the quilt made?

Baby or crib

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, special occasion

Quilt is presently used as:

Keepsake/memento

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

imported fabrics; this suggests fabrics were purchased new

Where did the quiltmaker find the pattern for the quilting design on the quilt?

Unknown

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

Imported fabrics. Because it is known that this quilt was made either in North or South Carolina, Karey Bresenhan speculated that quiltmaker may have lived near Charleston, S.C., where imported fabrics were easily accessible. Karey also noted that Charleston area was noted for its chintz applique quilts; this quilt includes examples of this in its four corners containing chintz florals appliqued using broderie perse technique.

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

One of 62 Texas quilts exhibited in “Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, 1836-1936,” Texas State Capitol Rotunda, Austin, Texas, April 19-21, 1986.

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association's Texas Quilt Search Archives

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

Bresenhan, Karoline Patterson and Nancy O'Bryant Puentes, Lone Stars: A Legacy of Texas Quilts, Vol. I, 1836-1936 (Austin: University of Texas Press: 1986), p. 24-25.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Hayne, Mary Hopkins

Quilt owner's state:

Texas (TX)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hopkins, Mary

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1776

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1856

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

physican; minister

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts; Necessity; Pleasure

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Quilt owners states that she thinks "sewing of all kinds has been a hobby of women in my family for many generations."

Who photographed this quilt?

Sharon Risedorph

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Assistant Director Winedale

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