QUILT INDEX RECORD

40-38-684

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

International Quilt Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Oregon Quilt Project; Quilts of the Oregon Trail

Oregon Quilt Project ID#:

2017-MBC-OTQ-49

Alternate inventory control number:

C-7

Quilt's title:

Eight-Pointed Star

Top made by:

Dean, Ersula Isabelle Goddard Robison

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1856

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1935

Quiltmaker's spouse's name:

Dean, Willis J.

Number of children:

3

Major influences on quilt making?
Other interesting information about the quiltmaker:

Year over the trail was 1864, as a daughter with her parents Blin Carlos and Demaris McClain Goddard, her brothers and sister.

Do you know if any of the following exist?

Quilts of the Oregon Trail by Mary Bywater Cross, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2007

Overall width (in inches, to the nearest 1/2"):

83"

Overall length (in inches, to the nearest 1/2"):

61"

Quilt Layout Format:

Block pattern

Approximate date of estimation:

c. 1873

Date Time Frame:

1850-1875

Quilt Top Construction
Piecing techniques:

Hand Piecing

Quilting Description:
Techniques Used:

Hand quilting

Describe any quilting designs that appear on the quilt, but were not listed in a previous field.
Marking Lines:

Wreaths with clam shells

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's county:

Jackson county

Quiltmaker's state:

Oregon (OR)