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9-6-1541

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:

1963

Quilt's title:

Tulip

Quilt owner's city:

Fifth Ward

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Quilt top made by:

Dauzat, Gresse

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

18-Aug-19

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

20-50 quilts

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

Learned to quilt from: In 1933 when she was fourteen years old, she learned to quilt. She had been sewing since she was nine years old. She learned from her mother and grandmothers at home. She is from the Fifth Ward, New Orleans.

Major influences on quiltmaking?

She cites the encouragement of her mother and the enjoyment of quilting as her major influences.

Favorite pattern, piecing preferences, quilting is done with:

Quilting done with: Frame from Ceiling, Quilting done with: Frame on Stand, Tulips and Lone Stars

Reason(s) for quiltmaking:

Gifts; Pleasure

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

75

Sizes, overall length:

80

Size of quilt blocks:

8 X 9

Sizes, sashing width:

2.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

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

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Quilting, color of thread:

white, pink

Quilting, design:

Rows

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The white squares on top were feed sacks. Wheat short for hogs came in bags made of unbleached muslin. Designs were from scraps given to her by her mother, who was a seamstress who made a whole dress for 25 cents. Bottom and sashings were made of material brought at J. I. Bordelon's country store on Island Rd. for 5 cents a yard.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1942

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program

Cite this Quilt

Dauzat, Gress. Tulip. From Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=9-6-1541. Accessed: 03/29/24