QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1558

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:

7/15/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

1979

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Smith, Mrs. Robert Adolphus

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

7-22-1849

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

2/2/1938

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

72

Sizes, overall length:

88

Size of quilt blocks:

10.5 X 10.5

Sizes, sashing width:

3.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Separated by plain sashing

Binding:

Back turned to front; Hand sewn; Unfinished/raw edge

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

3.5 inches wide, Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Black; Gray

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Quilting, color of thread:

White

Quilting, design:

Shells

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The current owner is the great-grandson of the maker. The quilt was made by Mrs. Robert Adolphus Smith, from Baskin, LA. It was then passed down to her son, Oscar Smith, who took it to Arkansas. In 1934, he passed it on to his daughter, Bobbie Smith Coco, who moved to Avoyelles Parish with it. When Bobbie Coco died in 1969, she passed the quilt to her son, Robert, who is the current owner.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1880

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program