QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1540

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:

7/16/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1962

Quilt's title:

Lone Star

Quilt owner's city:

Marksville

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Decuir, Marie Michot

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

1880

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1955

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

76

Sizes, overall length:

92

Size of quilt blocks:

1.5 X 4

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

One patch or allover

Binding:

Back turned to front; Bias grain; Hand sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

5.5 inches wide, Different Fabric, Multiple, Pieced, Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

Pink

Quilting, design:

By the Piece, Figure, Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

Torie Decuir, the maker's daughter, helped set up the quilt.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1936

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program