QUILT INDEX RECORD

31-27-189

Who documented this quilt?

South Africa Quilt History Project; War Museum of the Boer Republics (Bloemfontein) Textile Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

South Africa Quilt History Project

South Africa Quilt History Project Number:

SAQHP 15.0071

Alternate inventory control number:

04321/00018

When was the form filled out?

July 7, 2015

Interviewer:

Vicky Heunis, Collections Manager

Location of data collection:

Faunasig Bloemfontein, South Africa

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Owner's name for quilt:

Patchwork cloth

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Half-Square Triangles

How wide is the quilt?

67cm

How long is the quilt?

46cm

Predominate colors:

Black; Blue or Navy; Cream; Pink; Red

Antique colors:

Double Pink; Indigo Blue

Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

Time period:

1901-1929

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

Late Victorian to Edwardian c1899-1902

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Dotted; Floral; Geometric; Print; Striped

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Shweshwe

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

How are the layers held together?

Not quilted

Where the quilt was made, country:

South Africa

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

AJ Bester, Bloemfontein

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

Made from pieces of cloth in the Winburg Concentration Camp during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

War Museum of the Boer Republics

Quilt owner's city:

Faunasig, Bloemfontein

Quilt owner's province:

Free State

Quilt owner's country:

South Africa

Who photographed this quilt?

Neels Nieuwenhuizen/Estelle Knox, War Museum

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

War Museum of the Boer Republics, all rights reserved

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