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Patchwork Bedspread; Hour Glass

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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

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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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