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; Arizona Historical Society

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

TUC150032

Museum Accesssion Number:

1480

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

Other

Describe the item:

irregular, unfinished, free form quilt top

2. Designer's title:

Carolina Lily

3. Quilt Width:

96.75 inches

3. Quilt Length:

67.5 inches

4. Shape of edge:

Other

Describe the edge:

irregular

5. Shape of Corners:

Straight

6. Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

7. Predominant Color(s):

Gold; Green

8. Identifiable Quilt Specific colors:

Cheddar Orange or Antimony or Chrome Orange; Double Pink

Describe any colors not included in the other color fields:

green, blue

9. Overall condition:

Fair/worn

10. Damage to quilt:

Dirty; Discoloration or dyes ran; Disintegration of fabric; Fading; Pencil or pen or marking lines; Stains; Tears or holes; Other

Other damage to quilt:

White fabrics have yellowed or greyed

11. Repairs to quilt:

Patched with new fabrics; Other

Other repairs to quilt:

museum added section to even off irregular edge where blocks were missing

14. Date of Quilt:

1876-1900

Other external or professional date estimation:

1870-1885

By whom:

Museum AHS

16. Subject of the quilt:

Carolina Lily variation

17. Layout format:

Block pattern

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Carolina Lily variation

18.1.5. Brackman # or Other source & #:

765.25

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

10: 8

Size of quilt blocks:

15.5x 16

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

18.7. Number of different block patterns present:

1; Carolina Lily variation

20. Sashing width:

3.5

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

23. Fabric used in quilt tops:

Feedsack

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

Print; Solid/plain

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

25.2 Applique techniques:

Hand Applique

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Not quilted

30. Quilt notes and observations:

Print on Feedsack visible in some areas of quilt. Museum information says a block was removed by the family to copy it, and the museum added plain fabric to fill space. Top is incomplete with additional blocks missing on edges.

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

3. Quilt maker's name:

Lee, John Doyle

Gender:

Male

Death date:

c 1885

Religious affiliation:

LDS Church elder

Quilt maker's occupation:

agriculture

Why does/did the quiltmaker quilt?

Therapy

Explain how and/or why the maker quilts:

Said made while imprison, in Utah, ca 1874, awaiting trial.

Describe the quiltmaker's unique or favorite materials, patterns, quilting techniques, etc.:

The "lion" printed on feed sack is said to represent Lee behind bars awaiting trial for the Mountain Meadow massacre.

Any other notes or stories about the quilt maker:

Several wives and many children... No mention of Lee quilting while in prison. He taught reading and he gardened while in prison. Family lore says a block was removed so that the family could copy the pattern.

9. Available sources for the quilt maker:

J. D. Lee diaries, published.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, city:

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