QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5055
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts
Who documented this quilt?
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project
MASS-Quilts ID Number:
1772
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
72
Length:
80
Quilt top made by:
Garret, Zeola Jones
Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:
Maker was owner is maker's granddaughter
Quiltmaker's state:
Arkansas (AR)
Quiltmaker's city:
Pine City & Lagrange
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:
1886
Birthplace, state:
Mississippi (MS)
Birthplace, country:
United States
Occupation:
homemaker
Date of death and location:
1949 in Arkansas.
Ethnic group:
African American
Spouse's occupation:
barber/blacksmith
# of Children:
16
Quiltmaker's Mother's Ethnic/Racial Group:
African-American
How did owner acquire quilt?
Inheritance
Where, why, for what occasion/person/use was quilt made?
Wedding
Details about why the quilt was made:
made quilt for her daughter's wedding in 1943
Commercial name of the pattern for the top:
Kansan City Star pattern
Time period:
1930-1949
Format:
Finished quilt
Technique, piecing:
Hand Piecing
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Sashing width:
lattice 5.5"
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
4 large donkey blocks
Block shape:
Squares
Block size:
31.5 x 28
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Weaves/Surfaces:
Glazed
Patterns:
Solid/plain
Predominant colors:
Blue or Navy
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Single parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
curved in some areas
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
4
Width between quilting lines:
1"
Number of borders:
1
Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:
4.75"
Binding and edging:
Back turned to front
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Binding; pattern:
knife edge on one side
Batting:
Cotton
Backing, number of pieces:
4
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, weave and pattern:
coarse muslin
Backing, predominant color:
Cream
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Condition, damage:
Stains
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, no. and source:
20th Century Quilts 1900-1950, 139 pg 100
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Donkey
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
See notes & pictures.
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1943
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Garret, Zeola Jone. Donkey. 1930-1949. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5055. Accessed: 04/20/24