QUILT INDEX RECORD

31-27-193

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 15.0075

Alternate inventory control number:

07513/00001

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

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Hour Glass

How wide is the quilt?

118cm

How long is the quilt?

120cm

Overall condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Hierdie Kwilt Bestaan Uit Blokkies
Gemaak Deur Lede Van Die
Oranje
Kwiltersgilde
2013
En Aanmekaar Gestik Deur
Marianne Le Roux
Die Kwilt is Gemaak Vir Die
Vrouemonument Se 100 Jaar
Herdenkingsfees En
Is Geinspireer Deur N Kwilt Gemaak
Deur
Hilletie Smuts (Gebore Abo)
In Die Jacobs-Konsentrasiekamp
Hierdie Kwilt is Gemaak Met Moderne
Tegnieke EnToebehore En Is
Gekwilt Deur
Karien Du Plessis Van Smithefield
Op N Langarm Kwiltmasjien

Kwit se naam: .......................................
Spesiaal gemaak deur: ........................
Gemaak vir: .........................................
Piek en Jaartal: ....................................
karoo quilting
"May you be free from cares
& woes when under this quilt
you seek repose..."

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

2013

Method used to make the inscription:

Attached label; Computer generated

Location of inscription:

on back

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

2013

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

Modern 21st Century but inspired by a quilt dating from the Late Victorian to Edwardian period c1899-1902

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

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:

Print

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

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

Four triangles stitched together to form square blocks.

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Oranje Quilters Guild

Quilt top made by:

Le Roux, Marianne

Quilted by:

Du Plessis, Karien

Where the quilt was made, country:

South Africa

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Oranje Quilters Guild, Bloemfontein, 2013/10/19

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

This quilt was made by the Oranje Quilters Guild to commemorate the centenary of the National Women's Memorial on 16 December 2013. The quilt was inspired by a Heritage Patchwork Quilt in the collection of the War Museum made by Hilletie Smuts in the Jacobs Concentration Camp during the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)

Why was the quilt made?

Commemorative

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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