QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Heritage Quilt Study Group of Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

HQD347

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

3. Quilt Width:

90.25"

3. Quilt Length:

91"

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

7. Predominant Color(s):

Red; Green; Purple; Black; Brown; Tan; Gold

9. Overall condition:

Poor/very worn

10. Damage to quilt:

Fading; Discoloration or dyes ran

Other damage to quilt:

Fragile

14. Date of Quilt:

1850-1875

Date quilt completed:

1840-1860

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Handwoven

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Log cabin (barn raising)

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

144

Size of quilt blocks:

7.5" x 7.5"

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:

Side by side

22.2. Border descriptions:

No border

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton; Wool

24. Fabric patterns, styles, motifs, or print categories used in quilt top:

Solid/plain; Plaid

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

Unique binding materials?

handmade tape

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Separate binding applied; Straight grain; Woven tape

If previously undefined, what is the width of the quilt binding:

1/8"

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

No filling

Other batting:

The filling does not show.

29.3.1. Thread type:

Cotton

29.3.1. Thread color:

tacking

29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 1):

6

29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 2):

7

Other quilting designs used:

The quilting stitches are uneven.

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

4

31.3. Size of pieces in quilt back:

22.75" x 91"; 22.75" x 91"; 22.275" x 91"; 22.75" x 91"

31.4. Description of back:

Same fabric used throughout

30. Quilt notes and observations:

A lovely quilt using hand woven fabrics using the ran raising setting; the hand woven fabrics make this a wonderful unique quilt. In 1857 this quilt received first prize at St. Louis Co fair. In 1904 it received honorable mention at the St. Louis Worlds Fair.

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Jill Forsythe

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

Gift from grandmother Alice Faber Montgomery in 1998. This quilt was brought to Arizona in 1972. Prior owners of the quilt were: Jill Forsythe; Alice Farber Montgomery; Elenor Kinder Montgomery.

3. Quilt maker's name:

Montgomery, Eleanor Kinder

Birth date:

3/28/1819

Death date:

3/21/1900

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

The maker learned to quilt in 1846 when she was 19.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, city:

Edwardsville

Where the quilt was made, state:

Illinois (IL)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Details about why the quilt was made:

Quilt was made for use on the plantation