QUILT INDEX RECORD

26-22-121

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

West Virginia Department of Archives and History

Who documented this quilt?

West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

The West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search Number:

60736

When was the form filled out?

March 12, 1992

Interviewer:

FV, Key by: MM

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

LEWISBURG

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

APPLIQUE OF CUTOUT CHINTZ

How wide is the quilt?

90.5

How long is the quilt?

78.5

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the corner treatment:

Mitered

What color is the quilt?

Brown; Pink

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

filling/batting visible, Repaired, Fragile

Type of inscription:

Date

What is inscribed on the quilt?

G / W / T / 1795

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1795

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on back

Time period:

Pre-1799

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1795

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

1795

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Number of borders:

9

Describe the borders:

Variety of fabrics, Pieced border, Appliqued border, 11 ON TOP/BOTTO

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Linen; Cotton; Silk

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Chintz

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Floral; Solid/plain; Novelty

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Muslin, Calico

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch; Other applique; Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Broiderie Perse, Standard applique

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

no

Description of the back:

Muslin

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding; Lace

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

Single thread, Cotton thread

Color of thread used in the quilting:

WHITE

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Width between quilting lines:

0.25, 0.5

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Single parallel lines; Outline; In-the-ditch; Clamshell

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Cables; Vines; Floral

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

Pieced back, even stitching

Quilt top made by:

GATEWOOD, JANE

Where the quilt was made, city:

CLOVER LICK

Where the quilt was made, county:

POCAHONTAS

Where the quilt was made, state:

West Virginia (WV)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new; Sewing scraps

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

Fringe on thre sides, buttonhole and open chain stitches, different types of chintz used for cut-out appliques. Some is block printed from India while other parts are finely detailed (copper plate prints from England), A few tiny motifs are coarsely woven., The quilt has appeared in the following publications: Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands by Allen H. Eaton. 1937: Dover, 1973. Pages 131-32, 181 Needlework in America by Virginia Churchill, Bath, NY: Viking, 1979 Pages 232-36 Old Patchwork Quilts and the Women Who Made Them by Ruth E. Finley 1929, McLean, VA: EPM, 1992, page 23, plate 1 Quilts in America by Myron and Patsy Orlofsky. 1974, NY: Abbeville, 1992. Pages 180, 284, plate 138 The Mountain Artisan Quilting Book by Alfred Allen Lewis, NY: MacMillion, 1973, page 21

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

Photographs, SEE PAGE 9

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

TRAVERS

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1745

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1790

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Unknown

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

GATEWOOD, WILLIAM TRAVERS

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search