QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1592

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:

8/6/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2012

Quilt's title:

Tulip/ Top

Quilt owner's city:

Sulphur

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Quilt top made by:

Stroderd, Mildred

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

12/11/1916

Type of item:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Sizes, overall width:

79

Sizes, overall length:

95

Size of quilt blocks:

11.5 X 11.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated 45 degrees

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

4

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Condition:

Excellent/like new

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

The owner, Mildred Chaisso Stroderd, made the quilt at the age of sixteen with her mother's help because it was her first quilt.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1932

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program