QUILT INDEX RECORD

31-27-191

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 15.0073

Alternate inventory control number:

05702/00003

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:

Quilted Doll's Bedspread

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Log Cabin

How wide is the quilt?

22cm

How long is the quilt?

23cm

Predominate colors:

Blue or Navy; Brown; Pink; Red

Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

Between 1899-1902

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

Late Victorian to Edwardian c1899-1902

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Small print of various patterns on one side (older material) and bigger flower print of the other side (newer material)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

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

Log pattern squares

Quilt top made by:

Baartman, ESJ

Quilted by:

Baartman, ESJ

Where the quilt was made, country:

South Africa

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

M De Nicker, Pretoria, 1983/02/22

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

Made by ESJ Baartman in the Kimberley 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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