QUILT INDEX RECORD

16-12-106

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

DAR Museum; Quilts and Health

Who documented this quilt?

DAR Museum; Permanent Collection

DAR Number:

46.136

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Flowering Almond

Owner's name for quilt:

Flowering Almond

Brackman # or other source & #:

16.65

How wide is the quilt?

75 inches

How long is the quilt?

90 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Pink; Green; White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

1852-1854

Further information concerning dates:

outer most border added in 1930's

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

16

Size of quilt blocks:

16 x 17

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

Top of quilt has inner border of cables enclosing floral designs. All sides have three strips of fabric ; outer strips of green with pink center.

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

Width of pieces on the back:

41

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

cotton

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Clamshell; Grid diamond; Outline; Other

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Floral

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Cotton applique quilt featuring 16 pinwheel motifs with stylized tulips and dots within the pinwheel rays. In the center of each pinwheel is an eight-petalled flower.

Quilt top made by:

Kent, Susanna

Where the quilt was made, city:

Oak Forest

Where the quilt was made, state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

USA

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Susanna was the daughter of Ephraim and Ellen Olivia Kent. Susanna was born May 13, 1846. She started this quilt in 1852 at the age of six years old. She finished it two years later when she was eight years old. She had been stricken with a crippling disease (probably infantile paralysis), so she worked on the quilt as a cripple. Later, at the age of 18, she was able to walk. The outer banded border,backing and one inner corner were added at a date slightly later than the date of the quilt (approximately 1860) by Susanna's sister. The outer most border was added in the 1930s.

Why was the quilt made?

Not described

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

DAR Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Washington, DC

Quilt owner's state:

Washington D.C.

Quilt owner's country:

USA

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Kent

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

May 13, 1846

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

DAR Museum