QUILT INDEX RECORD
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
Details
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