QUILT INDEX RECORD

22-18-655

Who documented this quilt?

Quilts of Tennessee; Tennessee State Museum Collection

The Quilts of Tennessee Documentation Number:

063

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Tennessee State Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Nashville

Quilt owner's state:

Tennessee (TN)

Alternate inventory control number:

2007.61.3

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Passed down through the generations in the family until it was gifted to the Tennessee State Museum in 2007.

Quilt's title:

Rose Tree

Where the quilt was made, city:

Athens

Where the quilt was made, county:

McMinn

Where the quilt was made, state:

Tennessee (TN)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1850-1875

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

c. 1850

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Bets Ramsey

Quilt top made by:

Howard, Mary Louise

Quiltmaker's birth date:

12-12-1833

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city or county:

McMinn

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Tennessee

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

08-12-1869

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

Matlock, Charles Lafayette

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Howard, John Rogers

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Howard, Elizabeth Steed

Quilted by:

Howard, Nancy Louise

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Howard

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

How wide is the quilt?

79

How long is the quilt?

94

Size of quilt blocks:

27

This is a:

Finished quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Rose Tree

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

8 pieced

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Survey states that this quilt is pieced with no applique.

Overall condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

What color is the quilt?

Red; Yellow; Blue or Navy

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by floated or random sashing (size of sashing pieces varies visually in length and/or width)

Shape of edge:

Straight

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting; Stuffed work

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid diamond; Stipple

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Floral; Other

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch; Stipple

Describe the quilting designs used:

Baskets; Pineapples

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Tennessee State Library and Archives

When was the form filled out?

03-28-1984

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

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Quilts of Tennessee

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