QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1486

Who documented this quilt?

Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University

Date data was collected:

6/29/2001

Interviewer:

Susan Roach

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

139

Quilt name or pattern used by family/owner:

Twelve Triangles / Shadow Boxes

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Quilt top made by:

Levins, Nona Smith

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1/31/1860

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/2/1932

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' name(s):

Alonzo Levins

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Store Clerk

Did the quiltmaker make other quilts? Approximately how many? Where are they?

Location of quiltmaker's death: Mt. Lebanon LA

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

73

Sizes, overall length:

85

Size of quilt blocks:

9 X 9.5

Sizes, sashing width:

2.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Side by side

Binding:

Front turned to back; Machine sewn

Brackman ID#:

2377

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Same Fabric, Single

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Wool

Backing/lining, design:

Print

How are the layers held together?

Not quilted

Condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the damage:

moth damage

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

It's a coverlet.

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Grandmother

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program