QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1555

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:

1976

Quilt's title:

Peacock Quilt

Quilt owner's city:

Marksville

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Decuir, Agnes

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

12-29-1897

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

10/28/1968

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

80

Sizes, overall length:

81

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Wholecloth

Pieced quilt type:

Wholecloth

Binding:

Bias grain; Front turned to back; Hand sewn

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

Rose

Quilting, design:

RowsShells

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

A neighborhood quilting B helped Alice finish this quilt.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program