QUILT INDEX RECORD

21-17-2673

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

North Carolina Museum of History

Who documented this quilt?

North Carolina Quilt Project

North Carolina Quilt Project Number:

FA9

Alternate inventory control number:

FA009

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker

Source of the information on this quilt:

Great granddaughter

When was the form filled out?

12-02-1985; St. James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville, NC

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Owner's name for quilt:

Basket of Stars

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Friendship Basket

Brackman # or other source & #:

749

How wide is the quilt?

80"

How long is the quilt?

93"

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Unknown/Not Rated

Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:

Unused

Time period:

1930-1949

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1930

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

Circa 1930

Who estimated the quilt's date?

McCarter, Sue

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Size of quilt blocks:

11" x 11"

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Describe the quilt setting:

Single blue sashing

Sashing width:

2.25"

Number of borders:

None

Describe the borders:

No border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Checked; Print; Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Various colors

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Other

Description of the back:

No backing

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Not quilted

Quilt top made by:

Tucker, Lucy

Quilted by:

Shuping, Margaret

Where the quilt was made, city:

Westerly

Where the quilt was made, county:

Washington County

Where the quilt was made, state:

Rhode Island (RI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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

Owner received quilt from her mother

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Unknown

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Laura Wheeler, Pattern 511, Friendship Basket

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Tryon

Quilt owner's county:

Polk County

Quilt owner's state:

North Carolina (NC)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Barber

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

Unknown

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Rhode Island

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1945

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Caucasian

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's state:

Rhode Island (RI)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Tucker, Jerome

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Unknown

Number of children:

1

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Children: Fanny Wilcon

Who photographed this quilt?

No photo

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

North Carolina Museum of History