QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Illinois State Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Illinois Quilt Research Project; Illinois State Museum Collection

Alternate inventory control number:

1998.152.132

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt collector

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Illinois State Museum

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

What is/was the quiltmaker's religious affiliation?

Amish

What is the ancestry/ethnic background of the quiltmaker's family?

Amish

How did the owner get the quilt?

Purchase

Where the quilt was made, city:

Arthur

Where the quilt was made, state:

Illinois (IL)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Anything else we should know about this quilt? (i.e. customs, stories):

Found in the Arthur Amish community, maker unknown.

List other materials available about this quilt. This may include oral history, articles, additional photos or publications, etc.

See book: Illinois Amish Quilts, p. 28.

Date owner signed the form:

c. 1988

Pattern name; used by owner or by maker:

Square on Point

Date provided by maker/owner:

ca. 1900

Date estimated by IQRP:

ca. 1900

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Jan Wass, Curator

Time period:

1876-1900

Length:

88

Width:

68

Block size:

9

Quilting stitches per inch. Are they even?

10

Format:

Finished quilt

Piecing techinques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Construction (top):

One patch or allover

Block style (top):

Squares

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Fabric; fibers:

Wool

Fabric print:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Brilliantine

Predominant colors (top):

Coral; Green; Blue or Navy

Overall color scheme:

Dark colors

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid square

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering; Vines; Wreaths

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Feathered circles in darker squares, grid in lighter squares, oval and triangle inner border, and feathered vine in outer border.

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

What type of thread was used for the quilting?

Cotton

What color was the quilting thread?

black

Describe the borders:

Narrow inner border on sides, wide outer border, butted.

Binding and edge treatment:

Straight grain; Machine sewn

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

half inch - one inch

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Filler:

Wool

Thickness:

Medium (3/16?)

How many pieces of fabric were used to make the quilt back?

3

Backing; fiber content:

Cotton

Backing; fabric:

Same fabric used throughout; Solid/plain

Backing; width of pieces (in inches):

22

Backing; color:

Brown

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe specific damage to the quilt:

Disintegration of fabric; Stains; Tears or holes

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Front is in good shape, back is deteriorating and has many losses.

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Amish

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Amish