QUILT INDEX RECORD

38-36-3288

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Historical Society

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

TUC150027

Museum Accesssion Number:

8092

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

03-24-2015

Where was the documentation day held?

Tucson, Arizona

1. Type of quilt object

Quilt top with unfinished edge

2. Designer's title:

Postage Stamp Quilt

3. Quilt Width:

69 inches

3. Quilt Length:

108 inches

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

5. Shape of Corners:

Straight

6. Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

7. Predominant Color(s):

Blue or Navy; White

9. Overall condition:

Excellent/like new

10. Damage to quilt:

Pencil or pen or marking lines

14. Date of Quilt:

1930-1949

15. Source of Fabric:

Unknown

16. Subject of the quilt:

Postage Stamp

17. Layout format:

Vertical bands

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Postage Stamp

18.1.5. Brackman # or Other source & #:

2293

Size of quilt blocks:

inches

18.4. Block style (shape):

Squares

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

18.7. Number of different block patterns present:

1 Square on Point

20. Sashing width:

Plain sashing measuring 10 7/8 inches,

22.2. Border descriptions:

The quilt has 2 borders on all 4 sides measuring 5.5 and 2.25 inches, one is plain and the other 2 Pieced using the same fabrics as the quilt and the sashing.

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

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

Dotted; Floral; Geometric; Multiple scrap; Novelty; Plaid; Print; Solid/plain

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

30. Quilt notes and observations:

The layout of the quilt top also has squares on point. The 1st border has mitered corners.

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Name of Quilt Owner:

Arizona Historical Society

Quilt Owner's City:

Tucson, Arizona

Quilt Owner's County:

Pima

Quilt Owner's State:

Arizona (AZ)

Quilt Owner's Country:

United States

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

The quilt was a donation from Elizabeth Cozer Campbell along with other quilts.

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

See AHS files for more information.  It is a bed quilt made for outdoor desert sleeping.

3. Quilt maker's name:

Campbell, Elizabeth Cozer

Gender:

Female

Marriage date:

ca.1918

Quilt maker's occupation:

Anthropologist

Quilt maker's birth state:

Pennsylvania

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker grow up:

Urban

Country:

United States

Quilt maker's maiden name:

Cozer

6. How did the maker learn to quilt:

From Relative

When learned to quilt:

Under 10 years of age

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Necessity; Pleasure

8. Estimated number of quilts made:

1-5 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, city:

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