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25-21-346

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_0014

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:

The present owner of this quilt is great great granddaughter of the presumed quiltmaker.

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Feathered Star

Brackman # or other source & #:

2247 similar

How wide is the quilt?

80 in.

How long is the quilt?

97 in.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Green; Red; Yellow

Overall color scheme:

Bright or primary colors

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric

Describe the damage:

Slightly damaged through natural aging; slight deterioration ingreen print fabric

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

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 this exhibition.

Type of inscription:

Signature

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Adeline Neighbors [this is apparently the name of the owner's aunt; under the tape label there is a second name on the quilt back, that of the quiltmaker's granddaughter, Annie Mae Trigg.]

Method used to make the inscription:

Attached label

Location of inscription:

on back

Time period:

1850-1875

Family/owner's date for quilt:

ca. 1860

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

ca. 1860

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Karey Bresenhan

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20 pieces blocks

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares; Side by side

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

green and red triangles set on point, as in Flying Geese pattern, and moving around the quilt sides clockwise

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Use of yellow with red-green combination adds optical effect of a second star.

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

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

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

less than a half inch

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

cotton

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Clamshell; Patches outlined/in the ditch

Describe the quilting designs used:

all over clamshell; double clamshell in plain blocks; outline in interior red and green blocks

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

Quilt retains bright, vibrant colors and features meticulous workmanship. Note juxtaposition of the angularity of the pieced blocks and the curved lines of the clamshell quilting.

Quilt top made by:

Hubbard, Jane Hoard

Quilted by:

Hubbard, Jane Hoard

Where the quilt was made, county:

Bastrop

Where the quilt was made, state:

Texas (TX)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

The family record documenting the history of this quilt and the quiltmaker is somewhat unclear. The present owner believes it was made by her great great grandmother Jane Hoard Hubbard. The quilt passed, virtually unused, through the family to granddaughter Annie Mae Trigg and then to Annie's niece Adeline Neighbors Grusendorf. Names of Annie Mae Trigg and Adeline Grusendorf appear on two separate labels on the quilt. Adeline, the current owner's aunt, passed the quilt on to her.

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

Quiltmaker Jane Hoard seems to have married Robert W. Hubbard sometime after 1837 just before the couple settled in Hill's Prairie in Bastrop County, Texas. Mr. Hubbard had come to Texas as a teenager with a large party from Georgia, including his married older sister Eveline Hubbard Hill. The trip to Texas was difficult: it took nine days to cross the Gulf from New Orleans to Columbia, then there were months of waiting in a camp until wet lowlands dried sufficiently to be crossed. Jane and Robert Hubbard had six children, though only two outlived the parents. Jane died when her husband was 47 years old, which may have been sometime in the late 1860s.

Why was the quilt made?

Art or personal expression

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

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Public domain/traditional pattern; Traditional pattern variation

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), p. 50-51.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Rees, Barbara Leigh

Quilt owner's state:

Texas (TX)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hoard, Jane

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's occupation:

housewife

Number of children:

6

Who photographed this quilt?

Sharon Risedorph

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Assistant Director Winedale

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Cite this Quilt

Hubbard, Jane Hoar. Feathered Star. 1850-1875. From Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=25-21-346. Accessed: 03/29/24