12/85

Standing At the G...

Lamoreaux, Jenny La...

Date Made: 12/85

Standing At the Gate

Creator: Lamoreaux, Jenny Laine

Location Made: Orangeville twp., Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Reverse Applique, Embroidery, Open/Dimensional work Applique

Quilt Size: 72" x 72"

Fabrics: Velveteen

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

It includes the results of a lifetime of studying US History nad practicing the traditional needle arts. LIBERTY QUILT This quilt shows Liberty dressed as an ordinary woman of 1776. She holds a letter of thanks for standing with her torch at the gate of America for a century. I have made he move s...

12-8-9698

KID: 12-8-9698

1800-1849

Pieced Rose

Edgemon, Martha

Date Made: 1800-1849

Pieced Rose

Creator: Edgemon, Martha

Location Made: Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 68 inches x 78 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

Other pieced rose quilts were found in this same area of East Tennessee.

22-18-1411

KID: 22-18-1411

1800-1849

Tulip Variation

Green, Adaline (Ada...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Tulip Variation

Creator: Green, Adaline (Adaline's family made quilt)

Location Made: Des Moines, Iowa (IA)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 73.75" x 88.25"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Muslin weight. Cotton thread was used in the construction of the top.

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project; Heritage Quilt Study Group of Sharlot Hall Museum, Prescott, Arizona

The Dickenson's came to the Verde Valley sometime in the early 1900's

38-36-4721

KID: 38-36-4721

1800-1849

Applique in Pot

Pitt, _____________...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Applique in Pot

Creator: Pitt, _____________

Location Made: Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Appliqued

Quilt Size: 70" x 91"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Solid/plain, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

They owned the ground where Hymera is -- Hymera was first named Pittsburg.

39-40-806

KID: 39-40-806

1800-1849

Leaves and Tulips...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Leaves and Tulips

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Reverse Applique

Quilt Size: 77" x 95"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Solid/plain

Project: Oregon Quilt Project

The International Quilt Study Center and Museum of Lincoln, Nebraska will inherit this quilt., This quilt was originally designed to be used as bedding.

40-38-257

KID: 40-38-257

1800-1849

Flying Geese Vari...

Gould, Alzina Lord

Date Made: 1800-1849

Flying Geese Variation

Creator: Gould, Alzina Lord

Location Made: Long Eddy or Lordville , New York (NY) United States

Contruction: Piecing, Applique, The block or design set is vertical.

Quilt Size: 88" x 95"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Striped

Project: New York Quilt Project

The quiltmaker's parents lived in Lordville, NY. There is a niece in the family who is also a quilter.

49-142-455

KID: 49-142-455

1800-1849

Great Aunt Margar...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Great Aunt Margaret's Quilt

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 87-1/2" x 88"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Floral, Geometric, Solid/plain

Project: Oregon Quilt Project

Quilt was discovered in my mother's attic. The house was in Paso Robles, CA; but it was in a box she had probably packed up in her previous home in Simi Valley, CA. Daughter, Sara Jane Perkins, will inherit quilt

40-38-1696

KID: 40-38-1696

1800-1849

Whole Cloth/calam...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Whole Cloth/calamanco

Quilt Size: 95 x 95

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Wool, Glazed, Solid/plain, calamanco

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Concord Museum

11-37-293

KID: 11-37-293

1800-1849

Rose Wreath with ...

Elizabeth B. (wife ...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Rose Wreath with Tulips

Creator: Elizabeth B. (wife of Matthew) b.7/22/1818 - d.3/14/1869

Location Made: Newville, Mifflin Township, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Project: Illinois Quilt Research Project

It's estimated the quilt was made late 1700s or early 1800s. I was told it was over 100 years old in 1928. Discovered the house across the street was on fire and my mother grabbed the quilt out of her cedar chest in upstairs hall and we ran downstairs. Aunt Belle Thompson Halblieb was oldest of ...

5-2-621

KID: 5-2-621

1800-1849

Indigo wool whole...

Bailey, Mary; Baile...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Indigo wool wholecloth

Creator: Bailey, Mary; Bailey, Edmund

Location Made: Connecticut (CT)

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 95" x 100"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Wool

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Made during the couple's courtship. Edmund drew the designs, and they both quilted them.

12-8-7970

KID: 12-8-7970

1800-1849

Cottage Tulip

Date Made: 1800-1849

Cottage Tulip

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 76 x 89.5

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-81

KID: 11-37-81

1800-1849

Triple Tulips

Cunningham, Mary

Date Made: 1800-1849

Triple Tulips

Creator: Cunningham, Mary

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 94 x 94

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Boston Museum of Fine Arts

11-37-5158

KID: 11-37-5158

1800-1849

Medallion

Unknown, quilter

Date Made: 1800-1849

Medallion

Creator: Unknown, quilter

Location Made: New Jersey (NJ) United States

Quilt Size: 71 inches x 81 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.; Salem County Historical Society Collection

20-16-2440

KID: 20-16-2440

1800-1849

Tulips

Holt, Elizabeth Ann...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Tulips

Creator: Holt, Elizabeth Ann

Location Made: Mason Hall (?), North Carolina (NC) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 101" x 98.5"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: North Carolina Quilt Project

Purchased new; Rehmel A282 except central tulip larger and leaves only at base, Made other quilts, Mebane, NC; Children: Judy, Frank, Edwin

21-17-697

KID: 21-17-697

1800-1849

Center medallion ...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Center medallion summer spread

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Blanket, buttonhole, or other decorative applique stitch, Hand Applique, All elements are hand pieced, then hand appliqued to the background.

Quilt Size: 72 in. x 84 in.

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Winedale Quilt Collection

Miss Ima Hogg (1882-1975), a noted Texas decorative arts collector, philanthropist, and historic preservationist, donated the Winedale property and its historic structures and period furnishings to the University of Texas in 1967. This quilt is one of a number of quilts she gave to Winedale in the 1...

25-21-327

KID: 25-21-327

1800-1849

Sampler Applique

Date Made: 1800-1849

Sampler Applique

Contruction: Hand Applique, Reverse Applique

Quilt Size: 100 x 100

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Floral, Geometric, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Tippecanoe County Historical Association Collection

39-40-4546

KID: 39-40-4546

1800-1849

some type of Flow...

Wirt, Mary Elich

Date Made: 1800-1849

some type of Flower Basket

Creator: Wirt, Mary Elich

Location Made: Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Single motif, 1 of 16 blocks does not contain red fabric.

Quilt Size: 79" x 83"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-5431

KID: 39-40-5431

1800-1849

North Carolina Li...

Jewett, Abigail

Date Made: 1800-1849

North Carolina Lilly

Creator: Jewett, Abigail

Location Made: Providence, Rhode Island (RI) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 78 inches x 91 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Print

Project: Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project; Rhode Island Historical Society Collection

Squares were marked by parishioners in Westchester, CT when Jewetts left for Providence.

23-19-289

KID: 23-19-289

1800-1849

Rose of Sharon

Gould, Alzina Lord

Date Made: 1800-1849

Rose of Sharon

Creator: Gould, Alzina Lord

Location Made: Long Eddy or Lordville , New York (NY) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Applique, The block or design set is vertical.

Quilt Size: 82" x 100"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: New York Quilt Project

The quiltmaker's parents lived in Lordville, NY. There is a niece in the family who is also a quilter.

49-142-456

KID: 49-142-456

1850-1875

Four Hearts and T...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Four Hearts and Tulips

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 76 in. x 76 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Winedale Quilt Collection, Kathleen H. McCrady Quilt History Collection, 1890-2001

Kathleen McCrady, a life-long and award-winning quiltmaker and quilt historian from Austin, Texas, purchased this quilt in 1990 in Austin from an individual who lived in Houston, Texas. Ultimately it joined her many other quilts, quilt blocks, feedsacks, patterns, quilt publications, and other quilt...

25-21-259

KID: 25-21-259

1850-1875

Tulip

Quilter, Unknown

Date Made: 1850-1875

Tulip

Creator: Quilter, Unknown

Location Made: Colorado (CO) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 66.000 inches x 84.000 inches

Quilting Techniques: Not quilted

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Collection

Tulip applique done in traditional red and green. Hand pieced and hand appliqued. Workmanship and construction are excellent. Visual impact is strong. HowAcquired: Donated to the Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum by Ruth Mosher of Colorado Springs, CO. Ownership/History: Maker unknown. Ruth Mos...

24-20-339

KID: 24-20-339

1850-1875

Full Blown Tulip

Date Made: 1850-1875

Full Blown Tulip

Location Made: Michigan (MI)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 71 7/8" x 78 1/8"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Israel Parshall came to Michigan from Chemung, New York in 1835 and settled in Livingston County, where he founded the town of Parshalville before moving north to Saginaw County. In 1856 he built the Havana Water Powered Flour Mill two miles south of Chesaning on the Shiawassee River. Three genera...

12-8-7316

KID: 12-8-7316

1850-1875

Album quilt

Date Made: 1850-1875

Album quilt

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 85" x 92"

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Top from DesJardin family, Essexville, Mich. The Album design was a very popular pattern, but the streak-of-lightening set is not; however, the combination as used in this quilt is interesting.

12-8-411

KID: 12-8-411

1850-1875

Cactus Basket

Date Made: 1850-1875

Cactus Basket

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 74 1/2 x 78 1/2

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

12-8-2184

KID: 12-8-2184

1850-1875

Prince/Princess F...

Dawson, Esther Ann ...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Prince/Princess Feather 4 Block (variation)

Creator: Dawson, Esther Ann (possibly)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 85 in. x 87 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Quilt purchased at estate of the Wilson Family in Franklin/Warren County, Wisconsin.

15-11-969

KID: 15-11-969

1850-1875

Pomergranate

Foote, Susan Shawue...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Pomergranate

Creator: Foote, Susan Shawuer

Location Made: Iowa (IA) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 71 inches x 83 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Muslin, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Wisconsin Quilt History Project; Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts - Quilt Collection

15-11-1305

KID: 15-11-1305

1850-1875

5 tulips - 3 larg...

Date Made: 1850-1875

5 tulips - 3 large, 2 small in main block

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Cross hatching stitches on top

Quilt Size: 75.75in x 76in

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Floral, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Western Pennsylvania Quilt Documentation Project; McCarl Collection

30-26-74

KID: 30-26-74

1850-1875

Coxcomb

Date Made: 1850-1875

Coxcomb

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 61" x 79"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Western Pennsylvania Quilt Documentation Project

Edy Ealy purchased this quilt from an elderly woman living in Beaver, PA. It was possible that this quilt was made in the old Armstrong School house (which was made into a home)

30-26-771

KID: 30-26-771

1850-1875

4 Eagles

Date Made: 1850-1875

4 Eagles

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 77.25in x 77.25in

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Muslin, Solid/plain

Project: McCarl Quilts

30-26-1602

KID: 30-26-1602

1850-1875

Flower Pot

Date Made: 1850-1875

Flower Pot

Location Made: Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Piecing, In each, three red tulips with leaves in both plain green and a greenish-yellow print emerge from a red pedestal urn with handles. Rounded rose applique blossoms flank the pedestal portion of each block.

Quilt Size: 70 3/4 in x 89 1/2 in

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Print, Solid/plain

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana State Museum Collection

39-40-6133

KID: 39-40-6133

1850-1875

Crossed Tulips

Date Made: 1850-1875

Crossed Tulips

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 77.25 inches x 94 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Floral, Geometric

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

38-36-3362

KID: 38-36-3362

1850-1875

3 Tulips in Pot

Good, Rachel

Date Made: 1850-1875

3 Tulips in Pot

Creator: Good, Rachel

Location Made: Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 85" x 91"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

Maker's daughter-in-law thought this quilt was made prior to the civil war; her friend did not survive the war, thus, Rachel's son Ben Good was raised by daughter, daughter never married.

39-40-1743

KID: 39-40-1743

1850-1875

Applique Tulips

Date Made: 1850-1875

Applique Tulips

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 92 x 74

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Connecticut Quilt Search Project

17-13-668

KID: 17-13-668

1850-1875

Tulip

Date Made: 1850-1875

Tulip

Location Made: New Jersey (NJ) USA

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 104 inches x 70 1/2 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: DAR Museum; Permanent Collection

16-12-181

KID: 16-12-181

1850-1875

Whig Rose variati...

Unknown

Date Made: 1850-1875

Whig Rose variation

Creator: Unknown

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 69" x 75"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: West Virginia Quilt Documentation Project

26-22-285

KID: 26-22-285

1850-1875

Mariner's Compass...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Mariner's Compass

Location Made: Pennsylvania (PA)

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 97 1/2 x 100 1/2

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Paisley, Print

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

The quilt was purchased by the donor, Kitty Clark Cole in Shenandoah Valley, VA

12-8-4368

KID: 12-8-4368

1850-1875

Maryland Album

Date Made: 1850-1875

Maryland Album

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 79" x 79"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

This quilt was donated to the MSU Museum by Kitty Clark Cole. Kitty purchased this quilt from The Antique Quilt Source, Carlisle, PA, probably in 1998 or 1999.

12-8-5030

KID: 12-8-5030

1850-1875

Whole Cloth

Date Made: 1850-1875

Whole Cloth

Quilt Size: 64" x 64.75"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-2950

KID: 11-37-2950

1850-1875

Applique Sampler

Rhegenness, Sarah G...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Applique Sampler

Creator: Rhegenness, Sarah Gale

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 73 inches x 89 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project

6-3-905

KID: 6-3-905

1850-1875

Desert Rose

Date Made: 1850-1875

Desert Rose

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 70 inches x 80 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Unknown, Print

Project: Iowa Quilt Research Project; Mary Barton Collection

6-3-2170

KID: 6-3-2170

1850-1875

Appliqued Tulips

Levenworth, family ...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Appliqued Tulips

Creator: Levenworth, family member

Location Made: New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 77 inches x 85 1/2 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.

20-16-1788

KID: 20-16-1788

1850-1875

Mariner's Compass...

Unknown, quilter

Date Made: 1850-1875

Mariner's Compass with Tulips

Creator: Unknown, quilter

Location Made: New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 94 inches x 94 1/2 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.; Monmouth County Historical Association Collection

20-16-2409

KID: 20-16-2409

1850-1875

Pots of Flowers

Date Made: 1850-1875

Pots of Flowers

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 71 inches x 80 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Geometric, Solid/plain

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

38-36-3923

KID: 38-36-3923

1850-1875

Tulips

Borders, Katherine

Date Made: 1850-1875

Tulips

Creator: Borders, Katherine

Location Made: Adamsville, Ohio (OH) United States

Contruction: Appliqued

Quilt Size: 69" x 94"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Muslin weight

Project: Indiana Quilt Registry Project

39-40-4160

KID: 39-40-4160

1850-1875

Family quilt

Bruce, Sophronia An...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Family quilt

Creator: Bruce, Sophronia Ann

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Cotton, Silk, Wool, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Wool Carded and woven by maker. Heavily stuffed - bambazine back - trapunto wools. Beautiful border with tulips and curvy lines. May not have bben trapunto from the back. Design features ten point star., Made many quilts including a Basket in red and green.

8-5-314

KID: 8-5-314

1850-1875

Floral Urn Patter...

McCord, Susan Noake...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Floral Urn Pattern Quilt

Creator: McCord, Susan Noakes

Location Made: McCordsville, Indiana (IN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Embroidery

Quilt Size: 85 in x 83 in

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Muslin, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Michigan Quilt Project; The Henry Ford Collection

Susan McCord (1829-1909) was an ordinary Indiana farmwife with an extraordinary genius for quilt making. McCord, like other thrifty housewives of the era, sewed her quilts from fabric she had on hand, mostly clothing scraps. Her everyday life was filled with household and farm chores; her “scrap...

12-8-6079

KID: 12-8-6079

1850-1875

Original/ 2 patte...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Original/ 2 patterns

Contruction: Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 81.5 x 98.5

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Old Sturbridge Village

11-37-6515

KID: 11-37-6515

1850-1875

Tulip Applique

Unknown, quilter

Date Made: 1850-1875

Tulip Applique

Creator: Unknown, quilter

Contruction: Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 81 1/2 inches x 82 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.

20-16-346

KID: 20-16-346

1850-1875

Tulip

unknown group

Date Made: 1850-1875

Tulip

Creator: unknown group

Location Made: Rosemont area of Sergeantsville, New Jersey (NJ) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 94 1/2 inches x 95 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: The Heritage Quilt Project of New Jersey, Inc.

20-16-2045

KID: 20-16-2045

1850-1875

Tulips

Date Made: 1850-1875

Tulips

Location Made: United States

Quilt Size: 65 x 80.50

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Connecticut Quilt Search Project

17-13-1884

KID: 17-13-1884

1850-1875

Flowering Almond

Kent, Susanna

Date Made: 1850-1875

Flowering Almond

Creator: Kent, Susanna

Location Made: Oak Forest, Pennsylvania (PA) USA

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Machine Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 75 inches x 90 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: DAR Museum; Permanent Collection

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 wo...

16-12-106

KID: 16-12-106

1850-1875

Rose of Sharon Va...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Rose of Sharon Variation

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 67 inches x 68 inches

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Arizona Quilt Documentation Project

38-36-4521

KID: 38-36-4521

1850-1875

Eagles with Centr...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Eagles with Central Star and Tulips

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Reverse Applique

Quilt Size: 80 inches x 80 inches

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Winedale Quilt Collection, Florence Peto Collection

25-21-155

KID: 25-21-155

1850-1875

Sawtooth Star

Parkey, Ruthie Fuga...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Sawtooth Star

Creator: Parkey, Ruthie Fugate

Location Made: Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing

Quilt Size: 61 in. x 81 1/2 in.

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Texas Sesquicentennial Quilt Association, Texas Quilt Search

Quiltmaker Ruthie Fugate Parkey made this quilt in Claiborne County, Tennessee, probably for her wedding, which was in 1859. She married Milton Green Parkey, and the couple had seven children, five of which were sons, between 1860 and 1873. In 1884, Mr. Parkey and two sons came to Texas to homestead...

25-21-344

KID: 25-21-344

1850-1875

Appliqued Tulips

Grubb, Cecella Geor...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Appliqued Tulips

Creator: Grubb, Cecella George

Location Made: Morristown, Tennessee (TN) United States

Contruction: Hand Applique, Embroidery, Minimal embroidery for accent purposes. Blocks, sashing and borders are machine set.

Quilt Size: 86 x 102

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Quilts of Tennessee

22-18-70

KID: 22-18-70

1850-1875

Chips and Whetsto...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Chips and Whetstones

Location Made: United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilt Size: 72" x 81 1/2"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Handwoven, Print

Project: Michigan Quilt Project

Chips and Whetstones, very old, of homespun, patterned calico, before Civil War

12-8-3802

KID: 12-8-3802

1850-1875

Oak Leaf

Walsh, Elizabeth Mc...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Oak Leaf

Creator: Walsh, Elizabeth McDermott

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, has tulips as flowers

Quilt Size: 74" x 82.25"

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Print, Solid/plain, plain weave

Project: Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

11-37-3383

KID: 11-37-3383

1850-1875

Tulip Cross

Date Made: 1850-1875

Tulip Cross

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Reverse Applique

Quilt Size: 81.50in x 82in

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Solid/plain

Project: Western Pennsylvania Quilt Documentation Project; McCarl Collection

30-26-17

KID: 30-26-17

1850-1875

Tulip vases appli...

Date Made: 1850-1875

Tulip vases applique

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Broadcloth, Muslin, Solid/plain

Project: Western Pennsylvania Quilt Documentation Project; McCarl Collection

30-26-1617

KID: 30-26-1617

1850-1875

APPLIQUE TULIPS

JONES, DORCAS COR...

Date Made: 1850-1875

APPLIQUE TULIPS

Creator: JONES, DORCAS CORDELIA

Location Made: West Virginia (WV) United States

Contruction: Hand Piecing, Hand Applique, Other applique, Standard applique

Quilt Size: 92 x 72

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: West Virginia Heritage Quilt Search

Registered quilt with WVHQS, Quiltmaker's burialplace: MARION COUNTY WV

26-22-1286

KID: 26-22-1286