QUILT INDEX RECORD

31-27-279

Who documented this quilt?

South Africa Quilt History Project; South African Quilters' Guild - National Quilt Search; East London Museum

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

South Africa Quilt History Project

South Africa Quilt History Project Number:

HUM1873

Alternate inventory control number:

HIST19630

Source of the information on this quilt:

Mrs. Janet Hasses, museum cataloguer

When was the form filled out?

6/21/2010

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

102mm

How long is the quilt?

150mm

Predominate colors:

Beige or Tan; Black; Blue or Navy; Brown; Gray; Green; Pink; Red; White

Overall condition:

Fair/worn

Time period:

1800-1849

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Hexagons

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk; Wool

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Velvet

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

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

Small patchwork quilt with a centre design of a red star in a white star in a blue circle surrounded by strips of ribbon. Surrounding hexagons of silk, brocade and velvet. Backed with oddments with a soft woolen interlining.

Quilt top made by:

Blaine, Mary

Where the quilt was made, city:

Lincolnshire

Where the quilt was made, country:

United Kingdom

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

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

In 1850 Mary Blaine and her husband emigrated to Adelaide, Australia where the quilt was always placed on the end of Mary's bed. Mary's daughter, Francis Ann, married Nathaniel Hawke. They emigrated to Pretoria in 1903. Francis died in Pretoria and passed it on to her daughter who moved to East London. She donated it to the museum in 1959.

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

The Coelacanth, Vol. 27, No 1. July 1989 by B. Charlton

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

East London Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East London

Quilt owner's province:

Eastern Cape

Quilt owner's country:

South Africa

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

East London Museum