QUILT INDEX RECORD
31-27-190
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 15.0072
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:
Finished quilt
Owner's name for quilt:
Patchwork Bedspread
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Hour Glass
How wide is the quilt?
150cm
How long is the quilt?
188cm
Shape of edge:
Straight
Antique colors:
Double Pink; Manganese Bronze; Prussian Blue or Lafayette Blue
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Describe any colors not included in the other color fields:
Varicoloured with brown undertone (colourful large flower print on backing)
Overall condition:
Good/moderate use
Damage:
Tears or holes
Describe the damage:
Good, small tears
Time period:
1901-1929
When was the quilt finished?
Between 1900-1902
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
Late Victorian to Edwardian c1899-1902
Describe the quilt's layout:
Medallion or framed center
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:
Checked; Dotted; Floral; Print; Striped
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
How are the layers held together?
Not quilted
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
Mostly four triangles stitched together to form square blocks with prominent square in the middle
Quilt top made by:
Smuts, Hilletie
Where the quilt was made, country:
South Africa
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
E Hendry, Pietermaritzburg, 2003/10/28
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Made by Hilletie Smuts in the Jacobs Concentration Camp during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)
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
Details
Cite this Quilt
Smuts, Hilleti. Patchwork Bedspread. Between 1900-1902. From South Africa Quilt History Project, South Africa Quilt History Project; War Museum of the Boer Republics (Bloemfontein) Textile Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=31-27-190. Accessed: 03/29/24
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