QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1607

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:

2026

Quilt's title:

Hexagon

Quilt owner's city:

Lake Charles

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Quilt top made by:

Bonivillain, Clementine

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

Apr-88

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1935

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

77

Sizes, overall length:

91

Size of quilt blocks:

3.5 X 4.5

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

One patch or allover

Binding:

Bias grain; Hand sewn

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Different Fabric, Single

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Print; Solid/plain

Top fabric, colors:

Orange

Top fabric, color value:

Multicolor; Dark colors

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Solid/plain

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Quilting, color of thread:

white

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

The top was made in 1933 by Clementine Bonivillain and was passed down to her daughter in 1980. She quilted it in 1988.

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1933

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program