QUILT INDEX RECORD

38-36-2777

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Quilt Project 1987-1989

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

T266

When was the documentation day held? Or when was the form collected?

1/9/1988

Where was the documentation day held?

Tucson Park Mall

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

3. Quilt Width:

82"

3. Quilt Length:

80"

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

7. Predominant Color(s):

Green; Pink; White

9. Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

Other damage to quilt:

Very moderate wear

14. Date of Quilt:

1930-1949

Date quilt completed:

1937 when quiltmaker was around 60 years old.

15. Source of Fabric:

Purchased new

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.2. Alternate name(s) for block pattern in common use:

Rose of Sharon

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

9

Size of quilt blocks:

17x17

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

22. Borders:

1

22.2. Border descriptions:

14" appliqued swag cotton broadcloth with mitered corners.

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

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

Solid/plain

Other fiber, fabric or fabric print types used:

Muslin weight

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Machine Piecing

25.2 Applique techniques:

Hand Applique

Unique binding materials?

The corners are mitered. The binding is the same on all sides.

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Separate binding applied; Bias grain

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

.5"

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Cotton

28.2. Batting loft:

Thin

29.2. Quilted by:

Gladstone, Mary Eloise

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Hand quilting

29.3.1. Thread type:

Cotton

29.3.1. Thread color:

White

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

9

Other quilting designs used:

Outline of appliqued pieces, All over grid, feathers between "Roses". Feathers and grid .5" in the border.

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

Seamed or one piece

30. Quilt notes and observations:

Swag border makes it!

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Name of Quilt Owner:

Taylor, Marie N.

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

The quilt was brought to Arizona in 1950. Birthday gift from grandmother (maker) in 1931 in Burlington, Iowa.

2. Other related items such as publications, image, oral history, or ephemera:

Pictures of the quiltmaker, Newspaper clippings

3. Quilt maker's name:

Gladstone, Mary Eloise

Gender:

Female

Birth date:

c1870

Marriage date:

c1894, Muscatine, Iowa

Death date:

July 1945, Evergreen-Burlington, Iowa

Ethnic background/Tribal affiliation:

German

Educational Background:

8th grade

Religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quilt maker's occupation:

Before marriage-school teacher (1888)

Quilt maker's birth city:

Muscatine

Quilt maker's country of birth:

United States

City:

Muscatine, 1870-1896; Burlington, 1896-1945

State:

Iowa (IA)

Country:

United States

Quilt maker's maiden name:

Federlein

Spouse's/spouses' name(s):

Gladstone, John Wesley

Spouse's/spouses' occupation(s):

Pearl button factory/Streetcar conductor/Paper co.

Number of children:

2

6. How did the maker learn to quilt:

From Relative

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts; Pleasure

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

Learned to quilt from her mother in 1925?

Any other notes or stories about the quilt maker:

Maker made 3 Rose of Sharon quilts-one for each grandchild and one for only living daughter. Owner lived with grandmother and grandfather and watched her by the hour quilting at her quilting frame her grandfather made.

9. Available sources for the quilt maker:

There are other quilts by this maker.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, city:

Burlington

Where the quilt was made, state:

Iowa (IA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Why was the quilt made?

Gift or presentation

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made by owner's grandmother as a birthday gift.