QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Who documented this quilt?

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Arizona Historical Society

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project Number:

TUC150107

Museum Accesssion Number:

3191

When was the documentation day held? Or when was the form collected?

05-07-2015

Where was the documentation day held?

Tucson, Arizona

1. Type of quilt object

Finished quilt

2. Designer's title:

Streak o'Lightening

3. Quilt Width:

84 inches

3. Quilt Length:

78 inches PLUS Additional Drop Piece 17 x 50 inches

4. Shape of edge:

Straight

5. Shape of Corners:

Straight

6. Overall color scheme:

Dark colors

7. Predominant Color(s):

Blue or Navy; Green

8. Identifiable Quilt Specific colors:

Indigo Blue; Prussian Blue or Lafayette Blue

Describe any colors not included in the other color fields:

Blue, Green

9. Overall condition:

Poor/very worn

10. Damage to quilt:

Disintegration of fabric; Fading; Open seams; Tears or holes; Wear to edge or binding

Other damage to quilt:

Same as front minus Disintegration and Open Seams

12. Comment or notes on quilt's condition or repair history:

05/07/2015 Note: This was the first viewing since 1963. No repairs done. Multiple disintegrating areas.

14. Date of Quilt:

1850-1875

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c. 1963

Other external or professional date estimation:

Possibly earlier

15. Source of Fabric:

Unknown

16. Subject of the quilt:

Streak O' Lightning

18.1.1. Block pattern:

Streak O' Lightning

18.1.5. Brackman # or Other source & #:

132B

18.2. Number of quilt blocks:

approx: 290

Size of quilt blocks:

7 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches Rectangles

18.5. Arrangement of quilt blocks: block orientation:

Straight

18.6 Spacing relative to other blocks:

Strippy or vertical bands (in vertical rows separated by plain vertical bars)

18.7. Number of different block patterns present:

1, Streak O' Lightning

23. Fiber used in quilt tops:

Cotton

24. Fabric patterns, styles, motifs, or print categories used in quilt top:

Dotted; Floral; Geometric; Print; Striped

25.1 Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

27.1. Materials used in binding:

Cotton

27.2. Fabric structure used in binding:

Plain weave

27.3. Construction techniques used in binding:

Separate binding applied; Straight grain; Home cut

27.5. Width of binding:

less than a half inch

28.1. Material used for quilt batting or filling:

Wool

28.2. Batting loft:

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

29.3. Quilting technique used:

Hand quilting

29.3.1. Thread type:

Cotton

29.3.1. Thread color:

Looks Blue * see comment

29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 1):

5

29.3.2. Number of quilting stitches per inch (Place 2):

5

Distance between quilting lines:

1 3/4 inches

29.4.1. Motif/overall quilting patterns:

All-over-design; Other

Other quilting designs used:

Other Motif: Diagonal Lines Top Right to Lower Left. None in sashing/border

31.1. Fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

Cotton

Other fabric fiber types used in quilt back:

On color

31.2. Color of backing:

Blue or Navy

31.3. Number of pieces in quilt back:

7 - Floral

31.3. Size of pieces in quilt back:

55 1/2 x 14 1/2, 22 x 14 1/2, 33 1/2 x 25 1/2, 60 1/2 x 25 1/2, 95 x 25 1/2, 62 x 19, 17 x 19 inches.

31.4. Description of back:

Different fabrics; Hand sewn

30. Quilt notes and observations:

Not commercial. Notes: Cotton Quilting thread might have started as white or cream. Type of Fabric probably bled resulting in change of color to Quilting Thread.

1. Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Name of Quilt Owner:

Arizona Historical Society

Quilt Owner's City:

Tucson, Arizona

Quilt Owner's County:

Pima

Quilt Owner's State:

Arizona (AZ)

Quilt Owner's Country:

United States

When was this object acquired? Under what circumstances?

c. 1963. Donation from Mrs. C. H. Evans, Tucson

2. Other related items such as publications, image, oral history, or ephemera:

Donor said it was made from Hand-printed squares. See: Romance of the Patchwork Quilt in America, by Hall & Kretsinger.  Plate II, p. 53 and American Pieced Quilts, Traveling Exhibits, Smithsonian Instituion 1972-73, Plates 18 & 84.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

Where the quilt was made, city:

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