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Light pink solid knit; 2. Slightly darker pink solid; 3. White and tan solid knit; 4. Purple solid with white and yellow stripes; 5. Same fabric as #1 (Light pink solid knit); 6. Pink and yellow-green flowers on white background; 7.\tSolid red knit; 8. Same fabric as #1 (Light pink solid knit); 9. Solid gray knit; 10. Same fabric as #2 (Slightly darker pink solid); 11. Teal solid knit; 12. Dark blue and white woven stripes (running vertically); 13. Same fabric as #6 (Pink and yellow-green flowers on white background); 14. Same fabric as #11 (Teal solid knit); 15. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 16. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 17. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 18. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 19. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 20. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 21. Same fabric as #1 (Light pink solid knit); 22. Same fabric as #2 (Slightly darker pink solid); 23. Cream solid knit with horizontal cream stripes; 24. Same fabric as #2 (Slightly darker pink solid); 25. Same fabric as #3 (White and tan solid knit); 26. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running hortizontally]); 27. Same fabric as #2 (Slightly darker pink solid); 28. Tan and white knit with gold metallic threads; 29. Same fabric as #7 (Solid red knit); 30. Tan knit; 31. Purple, yellow, blue, gray and brown woven plaid; 32. Same fabric as #31 (Purple, yellow, blue, gray and brown woven plaid); 33. Same fabric as #31 (Purple, yellow, blue, gray and brown woven plaid); 34. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 35. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running hortizontally]); 36. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 37. Same fabric as #31 (Purple, yellow, blue, gray and brown woven plaid); 38. Same fabric as #11 (Teal solid knit); 39. Same fabric as #2 (Slightly darker pink solid); 40. Same fabric as #2 (Slightly darker pink solid); 41. Same fabric as #4 (Purple solid with white and yellow stripes); 42. Solid cream satin; 43. Same fabric as #42 (Solid cream satin); 44. Black solid; 45. Same fabric as #3 (White and tan solid knit); 46. Red and tan tie-dye on white; 47. Same fabric as #23 (Cream solid knit with vertical cream stripes); 48. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 49. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 50. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue and white woven stripes [running vertically]); 51. Tan and brown woven squares design; 52. Same fabric as #1 (Light pink solid knit); 53. Yellow, white, and light green woven plaid with raised brown dots; 54. Purple and green floral design with woven horizontal stripes on a pale purple background with smaller white flower and leaf design; 55. Blue, green, and light green woven plaid; 56. Same fabric as #54 (Purple and green floral design with woven horizontal stripes on a pale purple background with smaller white flower and leaf design); 57. Same fabric as #54 (Purple and green floral design with woven horizontal stripes on a pale purple background with smaller white flower and leaf design); 58. Yellow solid; 59. Same fabric as #58 (Yellow solid); 60. Same fabric as #58 (Yellow solid); 61. Same fabric as #54 (Purple and green floral design with woven horizontal stripes on a pale purple background with smaller white flower and leaf design); 62. Gray-blue knit; 63. Same fabric as #62 (Gray-blue knit); 64. Same fabric as #62 (Gray-blue knit); 65. Same fabric as #1 (Light pink solid knit); 66. Same fabric as #30 (Tan knit); 67. Large print floral in green, peach, pink, and cream on white; 68. Woven raised floral design in pale green; 69. Same fabric as #68 (Woven raised floral design in pale green); 70. Same fabric as #68 (Woven raised floral design in pale green); 71. Large print duck and marsh fabric; 72. Woven floral design in silver metallic threads on white satin 73. Same fabric as #68 (Woven raised floral design in pale green); 74. Same fabric as #68 (Woven raised floral design in pale green); 75. Solid pink; 76. Solid pink knit; 77. Solid red; 78. Same fabric as #77 (Solid red).","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"This quilt is constructed out of variously sized rectangles running vertically. A variety of types of fabrics in both prints and solids were used. The length and width of the strips varies and many longer strips are constructed out of multiple pieces of the same fabric and are machine sewn together. The strips are hand pieced and fabrics often do not lay flat or pucker as they were stretched or pleated to make them fit together. The hand stitches in the piecing are fairly large.","OtherFabF040a":"The backing fabric is a blue cotton(?) with red and pink flowers and green leaves printed on it. This same backing fabric was used in two other quilts in the museum’s collection: 1970-69-0053 and 1970-69-0054.","ColorBackingF040b":["Blue"],"NumPiecesF042":"2","WidthPiecesF042a":"One piece of the backing is 40.5” wide and the other piece is 23.75” wide.","DescBackF043":["Machine sewn","Print","Same fabric used throughout"],"UniqueBindF045a":"The quilt is bound by rolling the backing fabric to the front and hand sewing it in place with black thread. The binding ranges from 1” to 2” wide. In some places the selvage of the backing fabric is not turned under.","ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":"1\" to 2\"","UniqueBattF048b":"The batting is another thin piece of white fabric, possibly cotton and is visible through a hole where the stitches has come loose between pieces.","QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ThrColorF049b":"Green","DesignF052d":"The quilt is tied in a rough grid pattern. The space between the ties varies between 5.5” and 7.5”.","QuiltTopF054":"Magwood('s?), Ada (or Ida?)","LocMadeF057a":"John's Island","ProvCountyF057b":"Charleston","ProvStateF057d":"South Carolina (SC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: Collected for the Mathers Museum by Mary Arnold Twining during her field research in 1970 for her dissertation for the Folklore Institute at Indiana University.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"ExhibitListF067a":"The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"Gullah, African American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThe maker of this quilt is referred to as Ida Magwood in Mary Arnold Twining’s 1977 dissertation (see p. 197 fig. 2). \r\n \r\nThis quilt is pictured on page 71 of John Vlach’s exhibit catalog The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts and is labeled as “Ida Magwood, ca. 1912-1972, American, South Carolina, Johns Island. Quilt. Cotton or cotton blends, 1970. 97X60-1/2 inches. Collection: Indiana University Museum. This quilt is an example of the continuity of African design concepts in the United States. Compare with the Akan strip textile [65].” (p. 165). Thus this quilt was also part of the exhibit by the same name at the Cleveland Museum of Art from February 1 through April 2, 1978 and traveled through December 30, 1979. \r\n \r\nThe quilt is in excellent condition and appears to be unused. The backing fabric on this quilt is new unused cloth and is the same fabric as that used to back #s 1970-69-0053 and 1970-69-0054. This leads me to believe that either the women were buying fabric to share for quilts made to sell and not use or that the collector, Mary Twining supplied the fabric. According to Shelly Zegart during her June 15, 2009 visit to the museum, the fact that these quilts appear unused could also be because, like the women of Gee’s Bend, quilts were made to be sold and/or used. A quilt made for use could easily be sold if someone was interested in purchasing it. \r\n \r\nThe original catalog card for this quilt reads: “Condition: original. Detail Description: This quilt has been made by Mrs. Ada Magwood a member of the Gullah Negro Community. She has followed a traditional quilting technique used by the members of her community. The quilt [is] made at one side of one single piece of cloth, at the other has several strips of cloth sewn together. The color of the first side are blue with green and pink flowers. Added 1-23-80: The blocks of this quilt [are] made of synthetic materials. It is a tie quilt because it has been connected to the backing with ties not stitching.” \r\n \r\nJason Jackson described this quilt as follows: “A strip quilt bordered on all four sides by blue cloth with red floral designs. Long strips of plaid, stripes, solids, and duck print cloth run top to bottom. Quilted with yarn ties in rows which run top to bottom.” \r\n \r\nIn her dissertation Mary Twining connects the strip piecing method in the Gullah quilts to the piecing together of thin strips of woven fabric found in Africa. John Vlach utilized Twining’s research when he wrote the exhibit catalog, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts in which he uses images of the Gullah quilts from this collection and asserts that strip quilting is the most common form of African American quilting and that it is universally related to the African tradition of strip piecing of woven cloth. \r\n \r\nShelly Zegart takes issue with Vlach’s generalization from a few localized examples, such as the Gullah quilts, stating that: “Folklorist John Vlach’s exhibit of African-American folk art and craft was the first to include quilts. By the mid-1980s Vlach’s early ideas about “Africanisms” had been expanded by art historian Maude Wahlman into a checklist and the theory that black quiltmakers were unconsciously reproducing African textile aesthetics. \r\n \r\nAlmost all of Vlach’s assumptions about African-American quilts have proved to be just that: assumptions made on little evidence. In her doctoral dissertation at The University of Texas, Margaret Roach notes that a decade later Vlach acknowledged his conclusions had been reached without a broad study of Southern quilts, and that these attributes or “Africanisms” were probably as much regional as racial.” \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1977. An Examination of African Retentions in the Folk Culture of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Folklore Institute. \r\n \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1991. "Baskets and Quilts: Women in Sea Island Arts and Crafts." In Mary A. Twining and Keith E. Baird, eds. Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Pp. 129-140. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. \r\n \r\nVlach, John Michael. 1977. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. \r\n \r\nZegart, Shelly. 2008. "Myth and Methodology: Shelly Zegart Unpicks African-American Quilt Scholarship". Selvedge Magazine (21: Jan/Feb). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1971 CAT: E. G. 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Each block contains 3 or more strips of fabric hand sewn at a diagonal.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"OtherFabF040a":"The backing is a blue with red and pink flowers and green leaves printed on it. The same backing fabric is used for #1970-69-0054 and 1970-69-0021.","ColorBackingF040b":["Blue"],"NumPiecesF042":"2","WidthPiecesF042a":"one piece is 19.5 inches wide and the other is 39.5 inches wide","DescBackF043":["Machine sewn","Same fabric used throughout"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":"The width of the binding varies between 1 inch and 2 inches.","UniqueBattF048b":"The quilt does not appear to contain any batting.","QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ThrColorF049b":"Green","DesignF052d":"Tied at the corners of all of the 7.5\" center blocks.","MakerGroupNameF097":"Member of the Quilting Cooperative of John's Island","LocMadeF057a":"John's Island","ProvCountyF057b":"Charleston","ProvStateF057d":"South Carolina (SC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: Collected for the Mathers Museum by Mary Arnold Twining during her field research in 1970 for her dissertation for the Folklore Institute at Indiana University.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"Gullah, African American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nOn June 15, 2009 Shelly Zegart noted that the fabrics in the top of this quilt date to the late 1930s and 1940s and that the top fabric appeared older than the backing fabric. \r\n \r\nThe original catalog card for this quilt reads: Condition: original. This quilt has been made by a member of the Quilting Cooperative of John's Island. The technique followed in the manufacture of this quilt is a traditional one, used by the members of the Gullah Negro Community. One side of the quilt is made of a blue piece of cloth with pink and green flower designs; the other side is made of several small pieces of cloth of different colors that have been sewn together. The size of the quilt is of 59" by 73". Added 1-23-80: The front of this quilt is in blocks of diagonal strips. There is no basic set pattern of direction for these strips. It is not a true quilt because [it] has been tied and not quilted." \r\n \r\nAs a correction to this description it should be noted that quilts can be tied or have the three layers sewn together with running stitches. Both methods of quilting are acceptable and being tied does not make a quilt "not a true quilt." \r\n \r\nThe backing fabric on this quilt is new unused cloth and is the same fabric as that used to back 1970-69-0054 and 1970-69-0021. This leads me to believe that either the women were buying fabric to share for quilts made to sell and not use or that the collector, Mary Twining supplied this fabric. \r\n \r\nThis quilt is pictured on page 58 of John Michael Vlach's exhibit catalog The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts and is labeled as "South Carolina, Johns Island, Quilt, Cotton or cotton blends, 1970. 73 X 59 inches. Collection: Indiana University Museum. By taking a standard quilting unit, which usually is only a small element of a quilt top, and reinterpreting it as the entire quilt design, the black quilter effects an alternative notion of design--her own tradition for quilting." (p. 164). \r\n \r\nThus this quilt was also part of the exhibit by the same name at the Cleveland Museum of Art from February 1 through April 2, 1978 and traveled through December 30, 1979. \r\n \r\nThis quilt was part of the 1987 Mather's exhbit: "Traditional Transformed: Black Folk Crafts from the South Carolina Sea Islands" curated by David Schalliol. It was described on its object label as "Quilt, Unknown maker, 1970, cottons, synthetics, 70-69-53, John's Island, South Carolina." \r\n \r\nThe exhibit's text panel on the quilts read: "Afro-American quilts provide one of the most striking examples of a fusion of two traditions. While quilts and quilting are primarily an Anglo-American textile form, the type quilt most often found among black communities is the strip quilt, sometimes called a "˜string quilt.' Recalling the strip fabrics of Africa, these quilt tops are made by first sewing the scraps of cloth into strips, which are then assembled into various patterns. The emphasis here is less on the fineness of constructions, than on the visual impact of the design created. The formality and geometrical precision of an Anglo-American tradition becomes, through a meeting with African tradition, a much more improvisational, fluid, and dynamic form." \r\n \r\nIn his 1992 cataloging notes Jason Jackson describes this quilt as follows: "A complex checkerboard quilt composed of blocks which are made of diagonal strips. Bordered in pink on blue calico." \r\n \r\nIn her dissertation Mary Twining connects the strip piecing method in the Gullah quilts to the piecing together of thin strips of woven fabric found in Africa. John Vlach utilized Twining's research when he wrote the exhibit catalog, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts in which he uses images of the Gullah quilts from this collection and asserts that strip quilting is the most common form of African American quilting and that it is universally related to the African tradition of strip piecing of woven cloth. \r\n \r\nShelly Zegart takes issue with Vlach's generalization from a few localized examples, such as the Gullah quilts, stating that: "Folklorist John Vlach's exhibit of African-American folk art and craft was the first to include quilts. By the mid-1980s Vlach's early ideas about "Africanisms" had been expanded by art historian Maude Wahlman into a checklist and the theory that black quiltmakers were unconsciously reproducing African textile aesthetics. \r\n \r\nAlmost all of Vlach's assumptions about African-American quilts have proved to be just that: assumptions made on little evidence. In her doctoral dissertation at The University of Texas, Margaret Roach notes that a decade later Vlach acknowledged his conclusions had been reached without a broad study of Southern quilts, and that these attributes or "Africanisms" were probably as much regional as racial." \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1977. An Examination of African Retentions in the Folk Culture of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Folklore Institute. \r\n \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1991. "Baskets and Quilts: Women in Sea Island Arts and Crafts". In Mary A. Twining and Keith E. Baird, eds. Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Pp. 129-140. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. \r\n \r\nVlach, John Michael. 1977. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. \r\n \r\nZegart, Shelly. 2008. "Myth and Methodology: Shelly Zegart Unpicks African-American Quilt Scholarship." Selvedge Magazine (21: Jan/Feb). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1971 CAT: E.G. Wallace; 1992 RECAT: Jason Baird Jackson; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6062/1970_69_0053v02.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6062/1970_69_0053v02z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6062/1970_69_0053d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6062/1970_69_0053v03.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6062/1970_69_0053d02.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"STRING","Maker":"MEMBER OF THE QUILTING COOPERATIVE OF JOHN'S ISLAND","Date":"1950-1975","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:37","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["STRING"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"sa5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6057","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0071","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Star of Bethlehem","BrackmanF011a":"Brackman number 3778 (p. 456-457) and is also known as “The Lone Star,” “Star of the East,” “Rising Sun,” “Glitter Star,” and the “Rainbow Star.”","OverallWidthF12a":"16”","OverallLengthF012b":"17.25”","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Pink","Cream"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Stains","Discoloration or dyes ran"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The block is stained and discolored","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1885 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Striped","Plaid","Geometric","Floral","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"The fabrics in the star include a variety of differently printed cottons. The maker of the block made and effort to have some kind of planned design. The center of the star appears to be mostly random fabrics with an attempt at a red center and lighter rows radiating out from it but starting with the 5th row of diamonds from the points of the star, the fabric are all small dark designs on a lighter background. The fourth row is all the same striped brown and redish fabric and is much dark in tone than the 5th row. The 3rd row is almost entirely white with just a few patches with very light designs. The 2nd row is all the same pink sun design on a pink and white striped background. The points are all similar brown and red colors.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The block is an 8-pointed star made up of 200 small diamond shaped pieces set into a cream background. The block is hand pieced with 6 stitches per inch and slightly less than 0.25” seams. The seams are pressed to one side instead of open.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"FeaturesF053":"There is a 15.24” X 1.75” cream colored sleeve sewn to the back of the block. The sleeve is machine stitched but was sewn to the block by hand with long running stitches. The sleeve has come detached from the block on one end. Judging from the newer and cleaner appearance of the fabric in the sleeve it seems likely that the sleeve was a later addition and is not original to the block.","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Robert Burke. Original Sage Collection number was 19.599.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: In the registrar’s inventory this block is listed as being the “Dove in the Window” pattern.
The original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for #19.599 reads: “1885, Quilt Block, hand sewn in a star pattern. Used as a quilt for a doll’s bed. Donor: Mrs. Robert E. Burke.”
The original object tag for the Sage Collection reads: “19.599; Qui.; 1885--2; Presented by Mrs. Robert E. Burke.”
In her May 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell wrote: “71: Larger than normal quilt square. It was used as a quilt for a doll’s bed. ‘Star of Bethlehem’ pattern. It is also known as the ‘Star of the East,’ ‘The Lone Star,’ and the ‘Rising Sun.’” DeBell found this information on p. 34 of Lenice Ingram Bacon’s book American Patchwork Quilts. (New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 1980).
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6057/1988_02_0071v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6057/1988_02_0071v01z.jpg"],"dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"STAR OF BETHLEHEM","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:40:05","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["STAR OF BETHLEHEM"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"P65mWZEB8akQsUweMXoN","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-2870","InstNameF003":["Indiana State Museum"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"CB286","DateDataF006b":"4/9/1988","IfOtherF007d":"Maker pieced the quilt.","interviewerF007e":"J. Avril","locationF007f":"Columbus","OwnerNameF010":"Square Monkey wrench","OverallWidthF12a":"203 cm","OverallLengthF012b":"165.5 cm","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Pink"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","OtherDamageF016a":"Yellowed","RepairHistF018":"Clean, Color is good, fibers are strong","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","DateInfoF023f":"1900?","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"83 pieced blocks","SpacingF029":["Alternating with plain squares"],"BlockStyleF030a":["Same block throughout"],"BordDescF034":"6cm plain strips, butted","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Multiple scrap"],"UniqueF037b":"Muslin weight","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"NumPiecesF042":"1 piece","ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front"],"MatUsedF048":"Cotton","BattLoftF048a":"Medium","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"White","DesignF052a":["In-the-ditch"],"DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"Quilted in the ditch in the pieced areas. Cross hatch in the plain areas.","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"601 E. 8th Street","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Indiana State Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2870/CB-286.jpg"],"dateverified":"2015-12-01","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"SQUARE MONKEY WRENCH","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for digital humanities and social sciences and the Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"CB286.jpg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"68-104-46D","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 04:20:21","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:04"},"sort":["SQUARE MONKEY WRENCH"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"t65mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6063","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1972-12-2299","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"Rose of Sharon","OverallWidthF12a":"82.25\"","OverallLengthF012b":"86.25\"","ShapeCornersF013b":"Rounded","PredomColorsF014":["Green","Red","White","Yellow"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains"],"DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","FamDateF023c":"ca 1921-1936? assoc","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"9","SizeBlockF027":"19.25\" X 20\"","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Separated by plain sashing"],"SashWidthF032":"4.25\"","NumBordersF033":"1","BordDescF034":"The quilt has one border which is 8\" wide and contains an appliqued pattern on a white background fabric. The pattern in the border consists of a green crescent-moon shaped piece of fabric and two green vines, each containing three small green leaves and a red and yellow flower bud. This pattern repeats nine times on each side of the border. There is no special applique pattern used to turn the corner. The white foundation fabric for the border is mitered at the corners.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"UniqueF038h":"Each block is approximately and contains a red and yellow central flower with four leaves. Four stems extend from the central flower and then branch into two stems. Each of these 8 stems contains a smaller red flower with a yellow center and 2 leaves for a total of 8 smaller flowers and 16 leaves.","OtherFabF040a":"The backing might be machine or hand pieced but it is difficult to tell.","ColorBackingF040b":["White"],"NumPiecesF042":"3","WidthPiecesF042a":"one 19.75\" wide, one 32.5\" wide, and one 30.25\" wide","UniqueBindF045a":"The red binding was whip stitched by hand with white thread to the back. ","ConstrucBindF046":["Separate binding applied","Bias grain","Front turned to back","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":".25\" wide","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"NumStitchedF050":"10","NumStitchF051":"13","DesignF052d":"Quilted with a feather pattern in the sashing and a crosshatch pattern in the appliqued blocks and border. The crosshatch quilting stops at the applique and outlines the appliqued design instead.","MakerGroupNameF097":"Inupiat girls and women?","LocMadeF057a":"Barrow","ProvStateF057d":"Alaska (AK)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: objects in this collection were collected between 1921 and 1936 in and around Barrow, AK. In December 1956 the collection was sold to the Indiana Historical Society under the care of Glenn A. Black. In 1972 the collection was transferred to the Mathers Museum.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"Inupiat, Native American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThis quilt was not listed in the collection inventory until after the 1983 - 1984 collections inventory when it was added. \r\n \r\nThe original catalog card for this object reads as follows: "Condition: Original. Detailed Description: Quilt consists of nine squares of the pattern, with a 20 cm border on all sides. Border trim in a scallop desgin with berries and leaves. The vine motif also appears in the quilting pattern on the 10cm strip between the pattern blocks. The quilt was evidently made at the Point barrow mission and may have been done by Eskimo people, but it is a craft foreign to that area. The design is probably a variation of a rose design. A larger center flower is surrounded by 4 large green leaves, 8 small flowers on stalks with two small leaves on each stalk. Narrow red border encases the sides. Dimensions: 209cm X 209cm." \r\n \r\nThe following was later added to the original catalog card by hand: "'Rose of Sharon' pattern variation. C. Bobbitt 5-87" \r\n \r\nReferences to this quilt in the document files are questionable as none of the descriptive features adequately confirms that this is the quilt being discussed. To add to the confusion 1972-12-0596 is also a quilt and is referenced more directly in the document files. The following information may pertain to this quilt but it also might not: \r\nFrom an undated letter from Mollie Greist addressed to "Dear Sirs" at the Indiana Historical Society (document D1): "I am sending Mrs. George F. Martin a beautiful quilt that the Eskimos cut the pieces for and made after I made a sample block for them. She will put it with my Eskimo collection and catalog it properly. After their first quilt they all made quilts of their own. These were my older girls sewing class who made dresses for all small children and old women every year. I think the quilt should be in the museum with my other things." \r\n \r\nFrom another undated handwritten letter (also D1) from Mollie Greist probably written in 1965 given the dated reply from Hubert H. Hawkins (D2), addressed to "Dear Sir": "There seems to be a misunderstanding. The deep yellow and black quilt [not this one but probably 1972-12-0596] showing the Eskimo activities was entirely made by the Eskimos all the art work as they are natural born artists. This quilt and the flag was with the things that Mr. Black bought and came and got it. The one you will receive now [possibly 1972-12-2299] I have kept all these years a very beautiful and expensive quilt. Little girls of 7 and 8 made the border flowers. 16th grade girls made the quilt and one mother put it together. - These people were hungry and they were happy to do the work for food - I sent out for all materials thread floss and etc - They were at that time wonderful seamstresses." \r\n \r\nThe following is from Trestain p. 134: \r\n"Floral applique quilts returned to the quilting repertoire during this era [1910-1935]. These were available as kits, which usually featured stylized floral motifs, popularized by the Art Nouveau movement. Kits could be purchased as early as 1912 through ladies' magazines and newspaper advertisements. Often a bouquet of flowers was featured in the center of the quilt, usually on an expanse of white, in a loose interpretation of the medallion style. Floral elements in the outer edges echoed the elements of the medallion....Appliqued quilts that did not come from kits were often made in pink and green or red and green in tried-and-true patterns copied from 1800s heirlooms. Quilters also invented their own patterns, or used available, patterns, and incorporated their own fabrics. Unique designs were drawn and created by those with artistic inspiration." \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTrestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1974 CAT: C. Sullivan; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6063/1972_12_2299v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6063/1972_12_2299v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6063/1972_12_2299d02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6063/1972_12_2299d01.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6063/1972_12_2299d03.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"ROSE OF SHARON","Maker":"INUPIAT GIRLS AND WOMEN?","Date":"1930-1949","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:37","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["ROSE OF SHARON"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"lq5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6030","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1970-69-0051","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"Rail Fence","OverallWidthF12a":"67.5”","OverallLengthF012b":"78.25”","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Orange","Pink"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Fold marks or creases","Open seams","Stains"],"DateQuiltF023":"1950-1975","FamDateF023c":"1970 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Plaid","Solid/plain","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"Side A of the quilt has orange, pink, and light blue as its predominant colors. Fabrics include a number of plaids, solids, floral designs, and stripes. Some of the more unique fabrics include a gray, brown, and orange/tan patch depicting revolutionary war era soldiers; a fabric printed with a floral design made out of small “Xs” mimicking a cross-stitch design; and a large paisley pattern in red, gold and black; and a white fabric with a printed design of cartoon ducks and a ball of yarn.
Side B is constructed out of much more subdued colors. The predominant colors are green, brown, and blue. A large number of patches are made out of the following four fabrics: a brown and yellow plaid; a brown and pale pink or cream plaid; a blue, green, and pink paisley; or blue and gray stripes. The revolutionary soldier fabric is also more prominant on this side with approximately 6 patches made out of this fabric as opposed to the one patch on side A. On blue and gray striped patch contains the number “449-2-” written on it in yellow. Brocade.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"This quilt is pieced out of variously sized rectangles from a variety of fabrics. There is no overall layout of the rectangles with some of them arranged vertically and other horizontally. Similarly colored fabrics are arranged together in groups forming their own secondary designs.","DescBackF043":["Reversible"],"UniqueBindF045a":"The edges are bound by rolling side A to side B and then sewing it down with the same white thread used for the quilting stitches. The stitches used in the binding range from less than 0.25” to 1” in length. The binding ranges from 1” to 4.5” wide resulting in very uneven finished edges.","UniqueBattF048b":"The batting, as glimpsed through holes where the seams have come undone is another pieces (probably pieces) of cotton fabric.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"White thread","NumStitchedF050":"1","NumStitchF051":"2","DesignF052d":"There are five lines of quilting total and they are spaced 18.5”, 16.5”, 20.25”, and 9.5” apart. The quilting lines also do not always extend to the edge of the quilt.","QuiltTopF054":"LaBord, Lucille","LocMadeF057a":"John's Island","ProvCountyF057b":"Charleston","ProvStateF057d":"South Carolina (SC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: Collected for the Mathers Museum by Mary Arnold Twining during her field research in 1970 for her dissertation for the Folklore Institute at Indiana University.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"Gullah, African American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThe quilt is in excellent condition and appears to be unused. It might have been made for sale or Mary Twining might have purchased it before it could be used. According to Shelly Zegart during her June 15, 2009 visit to the museum, the fact that these quilts appear unused could also be because, like the women of Gee’s Bend, quilts were made to be sold and/or used. A quilt made for use could easily be sold if someone was interested in purchasing it. \r\n \r\nThe original catalog card for this quilt reads: “Condition: Original. This quilt has been made by Mrs. Lucille La Bord, a member of the Gullah Negro Community; in the manufacture of the quilt, she has followed a traditional quilting technique by the members of her community. The materials used in the manufacture of this quilt are several pieces of cloth of different colors, shapes and quality, sewn together. \r\n \r\nIn his 1992 cataloging notes Jason Jackson described this quilt as follows: “Patchwork quilt of rectangles [both] horizontal and vertical. All the same size. Colorful solids and prints [positioned] in the center while darks and browns are placed toward the ends.” \r\n \r\nIn her dissertation Mary Twining connects the strip piecing method in the Gullah quilts to the piecing together of thin strips of woven fabric found in Africa. John Vlach utilized Twining’s research when he wrote the exhibit catalog, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts in which he uses images of the Gullah quilts from this collection and asserts that strip quilting is the most common form of African American quilting and that it is universally related to the African tradition of strip piecing of woven cloth. \r\n \r\nShelly Zegart takes issue with Vlach’s generalization from a few localized examples, such as the Gullah quilts, stating that: “Folklorist John Vlach’s exhibit of African-American folk art and craft was the first to include quilts. By the mid-1980s Vlach’s early ideas about “Africanisms” had been expanded by art historian Maude Wahlman into a checklist and the theory that black quiltmakers were unconsciously reproducing African textile aesthetics. \r\n \r\nAlmost all of Vlach’s assumptions about African-American quilts have proved to be just that: assumptions made on little evidence. In her doctoral dissertation at The University of Texas, Margaret Roach notes that a decade later Vlach acknowledged his conclusions had been reached without a broad study of Southern quilts, and that these attributes or “Africanisms” were probably as much regional as racial.” \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1977. An Examination of African Retentions in the Folk Culture of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Folklore Institute. \r\n \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1991. "Baskets and Quilts: Women in Sea Island Arts and Crafts". In Mary A. Twining and Keith E. Baird, eds. Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Pp. 129-140. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. \r\n \r\nVlach, John Michael. 1977. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. \r\n \r\nZegart, Shelly. 2008. "Myth and Methodology: Shelly Zegart Unpicks African-American Quilt Scholarship." Selvedge Magazine (21: Jan/Feb). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1971 CAT: E.G. Wallace; 1992 RECAT: Jason Baird Jackson; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6030/1970_69_0051v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6030/1970_69_0051v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6030/1970_69_0051v02.jpg"],"Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6030/1970_69_0051v03.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6030/1970_69_0051d01.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"detail","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6030/1970_69_0051d04.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"detail","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"RAIL FENCE","Maker":"[\"LABORD, LUCILLE\"]","Date":"1950-1975","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:38:45","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["RAIL FENCE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"qK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6048","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0035","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"9.0”","OverallLengthF012b":"9.25”","PredomColorsF014":["Red","White"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains","Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray. There are some stains in the white fabric.","DateQuiltF023":"1901-1929","FamDateF023c":"ca. 1910 assoc","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"UniqueF037b":"The block is constructed out of two fabrics: a red fabric with small white polka-dots and a white fabric with woven stripes, swirls, and sun-line designs.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The design in this block is a unique construction and is possibly an original design. Alternatively it could be two halves of two separate full blocks connected by sashing on three sides. This block contains 3 1.75” squares in the center arranged in a row. Two side pieces were then sewn on to either side of the row of 3 squares. These side pieces each consist of two blocks made from a six-sided long shape with triangles sewn on diagonal corners to produce a rectangle shape. A row of squares and rectangles was then sewn on either side of the block to turn it into a square with a 1.75” square in each of the four corners. The block is hand pieced with white thread, 4-5 stitches per inch, and 0.25” seams. The seams are pressed to one side instead of open.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42Q.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: This block was donated to the Elizabeth Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin and is described on the original Sage Collection documentation card as “other quilt block”. The date on the documentation card is 1900 which is origin of the original object date in this catalog.
In her May, 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell described this block as “Quilt Square. Design unidentified; possibly original.” I (J. Frisch) am inclined to agree with her given the very unusual construction of the block and the fact that I cannot find the pattern in Brackman’s book.
One June 15, 2009 Shelly Zegart estimated that this quilt was made ca. 1910 based on the fabrics.
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. 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Buley (?) estate","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"601 E. 8th Street","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Indiana State Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2966/CB-289.jpg"],"dateverified":"2015-12-01","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"POT OF TULIPS","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for digital humanities and social sciences and the Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"CB289.jpg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"68-104-4C7","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 04:20:59","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:04"},"sort":["POT OF TULIPS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"q65mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6051","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0038","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Pinwheel","BrackmanF011a":"The pattern in this block is Brackman number 1140b and is also known as “The Colorado Quilt” (p.160-161).","OverallWidthF12a":"9.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"9.5”","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","White"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains","Wear to edge or binding"],"DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Silk"],"UniqueF037b":"The white fabric in this block is textured with a woven leaf pattern while the blue fabric is printed with a design of circles and squares.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"This block has a white pinwheel within a larger blue X with white triangles around the outside edge. It is a sixteen-patch block constructed out of 32 triangle patches. Each of the patterned sixteen patches is made up of one triangle made out of a white fabric and the other triangle made out of a blue patterned fabric. The design of the block is created by rotating the sixteen patches in different directions. The block is hand pieced with 0.25” seams and 6 stitches per inch. The seams are pressed to one side instead of open. There are some red threads mixed in with the frayed edges on the back and edges of the block.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42N.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The fabric colors in this block are consistent with the date given for the object. According to Trestain: “Dark, somber colors typify the years between 1880 and 1910” (p. 93) and “Quilts from 1880-1910 were often dark overall. Because the predominant colors were black, dark blue, deep red, brown, and claret the quilts were usually quite subdued” (p. 100).
Donated to the Elizabeth Sage collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin and described on the Sage collection’s documentation card for number 1970.42N as “other quilt block”. The date on the Sage collection documentation card is 1900. This is the origin of the object date in this catalog.
In her May, 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell labled this block as a varation on the pinwheel pattern, referring to p. 430 of William C. Ketchum’s book Quilts (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982).
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Humphries, Mary. 2004. Fabric Glossary, Third Edition. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall). p. 30-31.
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6051/1988_02_0038v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6051/1988_02_0038v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6051/1988_02_0038v02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"PINWHEEL","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:51","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["PINWHEEL"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"wK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6072","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0044","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Pineapple","BrackmanF011a":"Brackman number 2635 and is also called Pineapple,Maltese Cross,Washington Pavement, Colonial Pineapple, Chestnut Burr, Church Steps (p. 324-325). It is also known as a variation on the log cabin block pattern.","OverallWidthF12a":"9\"","OverallLengthF012b":"9\"","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Dirty","Stains","Tears or holes","Wear to edge or binding"],"DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"ca. 1875 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"FabPrintF037":["Plaid","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"The red center square is pieced from two smaller pieces of the same material. The first row of \"logs\" from the center is green, cream and burgundy plaid with corners that are a burgundy textured fabric. The second row of \"logs\" is consists of a gray fabric with black corner triangles. The third row is peach or pink with burgundy, textured corners triangles (One of the corners in this third row is made out of a different fabric than the other three and two of the peach \"logs\" are pieced from two separate pieces of the same fabric.) The Fourth row of \"logs\" contains a red and green plaid fabric with corner triangles made out of a purple fabric with yellowish woven cross threads. The fifth row of \"logs\" is gray with three burgundy textured corner triangles and one brown corner triangle. The sixth row is green (one log pieced from 2 pieces of the same fabric) with black corner triangles. The black fabric in the sixth row corner triangles appears to have been taken from the deconstruction of something as it has visible holes left by machine stitching lines. The final set of corner triangles which serve to turn the block into a square are red.","ConstrucF038":["Foundation Piecing","Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The block is pieced with brown and white thread and 4 stitches per inch. The edges of the final row and corner squares are sewn down to the foundation fabric with white thread in a basting stitch that is beginning to come loose.","OtherFabF040a":"Possibly cotton","ColorBackingF040b":["Cream"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar's Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Robert Burke. Original Sage Collection number was 19.1680A.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nFrom Trestain p. 101 In 1880-1910 "Other quilts were made from silk, such as the Log Cabin" and "Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding." \r\n \r\nThe original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage collection for #19.1680A reads "Quilt Block-Solomon's Temple pattern c. 1875; Donor: Mrs. Robert Burke" \r\n \r\nThe original object tag from the Sage Collection reads: "Qui., 1975--1, Presented by Mrs. Robert E. Burke." \r\n \r\nThis block is not listed in the cataloguing notes by Marlys K. DeBell. \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nBrackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nTrestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6072/1988_02_0044v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6072/1988_02_0044v01z.jpg"],"dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"PINEAPPLE","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:38","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["PINEAPPLE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"ma5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6033","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1970-69-0052","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"One Patch","OverallWidthF12a":"61.5”","OverallLengthF012b":"81”","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Red","White"],"OverCondF015":"Fair/worn","DamageF016":["Dirty","Discoloration or dyes ran","Fading","Stains","Tears or holes"],"OtherDamageF016a":"This quilt has obviously been used as the colors are faded, the binding has holes, and the backing is stained.","OtherRepairsF017a":"The quilt has been repaired by hand in a few places along seam lines.","DateQuiltF023":"1950-1975","FamDateF023c":"1970 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"One patch or allover","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"BordDescF034":"The checkerboard section is bordered on the two longer sides with a red strip of fabric and a blue strip of fabric. One side has been extended with another strip of a plain blue fabric connected to a blue and white plaid.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The center of this quilt is made up of irregularly sized squares and rectangles which form a checkerboard like pattern. The squares are sewn together in strips of varying widths.","OtherFabF040a":"The quilt is backed with a white or cream fabric that has discolored and is stained.","ColorBackingF040b":["Cream"],"NumPiecesF042":"2","WidthPiecesF042a":"one 32.75 inches wide and the other 32.5 inches wide.","ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Hand sewn"],"MatUsedF048":"Cotton","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"White","NumStitchedF050":"3","DesignF052d":"The knots in the quilting thread are visible on both the top and the back of the quilt. The quilting pattern is consists of parallel lines of stitches that occasionally turn 90 degree corners to create a square effect. The quilting pattern is irregular with approximately 1.5 inches between lines.","QuiltTopF054":"member of Gullah Community","LocMadeF057a":"John's Island","ProvCountyF057b":"Charleston","ProvStateF057d":"South Carolina (SC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: Collected for the Mathers Museum by Mary Arnold Twining during her field research in 1970 for her dissertation for the Folklore Institute at Indiana University. Incorrectly tagged as 1970-69-0048, tags corrected based on original accession and cataloging records and approved by E. Sieber on 6/9/09","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"ExhibitListF067a":"“The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts” held at the Cleveland Museum of Art from February 1 through April 2, 1978 which then traveled through December 30, 1979.","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"Gullah, African American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThe original catalog card by E.G. Wallace in Jan. 1971 reads: “This quilt has been made by a member of the Gullah Negro Community. The technique followed in the manufacture of this quilt is a traditional one, used by the members of this community. One side of the quilt is made of a piece of white cloth, the other side is made of white, blue, purple small pieces of cloth sewn together. The quilt is 61.5” by 83”. Added 1-23-80: This has a blue-green and white gingham border on two ends. The main part of the quilt is made up of royal blue, red-violet, and white blocks. \r\n \r\nThis quilt was part of the 1987 Mather’s exhibit: “Traditional Transformed: Black Folk Crafts from the South Carolina Sea Islands” curated by David Schalliol. It was described on its object label as “Quilt, Unknown maker, 1970, cottons, synthetics, 70-69-52, John’s Island, South Carolina.” \r\n \r\nThe exhibit’s text panel on the quilts read: “Afro-American quilts provide one of the most striking examples of a fusion of two traditions. While quilts and quilting are primarily an Anglo-American textile form, the type quilt most often found among black communities is the strip quilt, sometimes called a ‘string quilt.’ Recalling the strip fabrics of Africa, these quilt tops are made by first sewing the scraps of cloth into strips, which are then assembled into various patterns. The emphasis here is less on the fineness of constructions, than on the visual impact of the design created. The formality and geometrical precision of an Anglo-American tradition becomes, through a meeting with African tradition, a much more improvisational, fluid, and dynamic form.” \r\n \r\nThis quilt was also part of the exhibit “The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts” held at the Cleveland Museum of Art from February 1 through April 2, 1978 which then traveled through December 30, 1979. It appears on p. 57 and is described as: “South Carolina, Johns Island, Quilt, Cotton or cotton blends, 1970. 61 X 83 inches. Collection: Indiana University Museum.” \r\n \r\nJason Jackson describes this quilt in his 1992 cataloging notes as: “A ‘regular’ regular strip quilt/checkerboard quilt. Strips run top to bottom bordering a central checkerboard area. Red, blu, wht solids in both sections. The only irregular element is a strip of blu/wht gingham which is part of a top bottom row.” \r\n \r\nIn her dissertation Mary Twining connects the strip piecing method in the Gullah quilts to the piecing together of thin strips of woven fabric found in Africa. John Vlach utilized Twining’s research when he wrote the exhibit catalog, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts in which he uses images of the Gullah quilts from this collection and asserts that strip quilting is the most common form of African American quilting and that it is universally related to the African tradition of strip piecing of woven cloth. \r\n \r\nShelly Zegart takes issue with Vlach’s generalization from a few localized examples, such as the Gullah quilts, stating that: “Folklorist John Vlach’s exhibit of African-American folk art and craft was the first to include quilts. By the mid-1980s Vlach’s early ideas about “Africanisms” had been expanded by art historian Maude Wahlman into a checklist and the theory that black quiltmakers were unconsciously reproducing African textile aesthetics. \r\n \r\nAlmost all of Vlach’s assumptions about African-American quilts have proved to be just that: assumptions made on little evidence. In her doctoral dissertation at The University of Texas, Margaret Roach notes that a decade later Vlach acknowledged his conclusions had been reached without a broad study of Southern quilts, and that these attributes or “Africanisms” were probably as much regional as racial.” \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1977. An Examination of African Retentions in the Folk Culture of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Folklore Institute. \r\n \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1991. "Baskets and Quilts: Women in Sea Island Arts and Crafts". In Mary A. Twining and Keith E. Baird, eds. Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Pp. 129-140. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. \r\n \r\nVlach, John Michael. 1977. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. \r\n \r\nZegart, Shelly. 2008. "Myth and Methodology: Shelly Zegart Unpicks African-American Quilt Scholarship." Selvedge Magazine (21: Jan/Feb). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1971 CAT E.G. Wallace; 1992 RECAT Jason B. Jackson; 2009 RECAT: Janice E. 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Avril","locationF007f":"Columbus","TypeObjOtherF008a":"Comforter","AltNameF011":"One Patch","OverallWidthF12a":"180 cm","OverallLengthF012b":"200 cm","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Black","Brown","Gray","Navy"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","RepairHistF018":"Clean, Color is good, fibers are strong","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"BlockStyleF030a":["Same block throughout"],"BordDescF034":"7-8cm blanket stitch","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Wool"],"FabPrintF037":["Multiple scrap","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"OtherFabF040a":"Same as front","ConstrucBindF046":["Edges turned in/ no separate binding"],"QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ThrColorF049b":"Black, rust","LocMadeF057a":"Bloomington","ProvCountyF057b":"Monroe","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"OwnershipF082":"Private","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"601 E. 8th Street","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"GenderF098":["Female"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Indiana State Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2869/CB-284.jpg"],"dateverified":"2015-12-01","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"ONE PATCH","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for digital humanities and social sciences and the Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"CB284.jpg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"68-104-46C","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 04:20:21","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:04"},"sort":["ONE PATCH"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"l65mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6031","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1970-69-0050","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"One Patch","OverallWidthF12a":"69.5”","OverallLengthF012b":"90”","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains"],"DateQuiltF023":"1950-1975","FamDateF023c":"1970 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Wool","Other blends"],"FabPrintF037":["Plaid","Print","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"Corduroy, knits","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The length and width of the strips vary and many longer strips are pieced out of smaller pieces of fabric. The maker too care to match the pattern as well as possible when piecing the same fabric together. The quilt design is roughly symmetrical in size and orientation of pieces but not in color. The center design creates two interlocking crosses (one pink and one blue) with green, yellow, blue, and white plaid at the corners.","OtherFabF040a":"The following list of fabrics corresponds to a diagram of the quilt drawn by Janice Frisch on 6/12/09 (see document file): 1. Blue and green plaid like pattern; 2. Same fabric as #1 (Blue and green plaid like pattern); 3. Blue, pink, yellow, and red paisley and floral design on white; 4. Solid yellow; 5. Same fabric as #4 (Solid yellow); 6. Same fabric as #4 (Solid yellow); 7. Loose green and light green weave; 8. Green knit with tan stripes; 9. Same fabric as #8 (Green knit with tan stripes); 10. Loose tan weave; 11. Blue and green woven lines forming a squares within a square pattern in redish-orange fabric; 12. Dark blue corduroy; 13. Same fabric as #11 (Blue and green woven lines forming a squares within a square pattern in redish-orange fabric); 14. Same fabric as #11 (Blue and green woven lines forming a squares within a square pattern in redish-orange fabric); 15. Black, yellow, white, blue, and green wool(?) woven plaid; 16. Same fabric as #15 (Black, yellow, white, blue, and green wool(?) woven plaid); 17. Bright pink knit; 18. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue corduroy); 19. Same fabric as #15 (Black, yellow, white, blue, and green wool(?) woven plaid); 20. Same fabric as #11 (Blue and green woven lines forming a squares within a square pattern in redish-orange fabric); 21. Same fabric as #10 (Loose tan weave); 22. Tan, white, and green tree and flower design on beige; 23. Same fabric as #17 (Bright pink knit); 24. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue corduroy); 25. Same fabric as #17 (Bright pink knit); 26. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue corduroy); 27. Same fabric as #11 (Blue and green woven lines forming a squares within a square pattern in redish-orange fabric); 28. Same fabric as #15 (Black, yellow, white, blue, and green wool(?) woven plaid); 29. Same fabric as #17 (Bright pink knit); 30. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue corduroy); 31. Same fabric as #15 (Black, yellow, white, blue, and green wool(?) woven plaid); 32. Same fabric as #11 (Blue and green woven lines forming a squares within a square pattern in redish-orange fabric); 33. Same fabric as #10 (Loose tan weave); 34. Pink with yellow, purple-pink, white, and orange stripes; 35. Same fabric as #17 (Bright pink knit); 36. Same fabric as #12 (Dark blue corduroy); 37. Same fabric as #15 (Black, yellow, white, blue, and green wool(?) woven plaid); 38. Same fabric as #15 (Black, yellow, white, blue, and green wool(?) woven plaid); 39. Same fabric as #15 (Black, yellow, white, blue, and green wool(?) woven plaid); 40. Blue, yellow, and white loose weave in a diamond pattern; 41. Same fabric as #8 (Green knit with tan stripes); 42. Same fabric as #8 (Green knit with tan stripes); 43. Same fabric as #34 (Pink with yellow, purple-pink, white, and orange stripes); 44. Same fabric as #34 (Pink with yellow, purple-pink, white, and orange stripes); 45. Same fabric as #34 (Pink with yellow, purple-pink, white, and orange stripes); 46. Blue, red, brown and white stripes; 47. Same fabric as #46 (Blue, red, brown and white stripes).","NumPiecesF042":"3","WidthPiecesF042a":"One pieces is 34.25 inches wide, one pieces is 34.75 inches wide, and the third piece is a triangle wedge added to make the other two pieces long enough to cover the full back. At its widest point this third pieces is 8.5 inches and at its shortest point it is 1.5 inches. The backing fabric is machine pieced. It is a printed cotton of blue, light, blue/teal, green and light green leaves on a cream background. This same fabric was used to back #1970-69-0048.","DescBackF043":["Same fabric used throughout"],"UniqueBindF045a":"Whip stitched in place with white thread.","ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":"About 1\" wide.","UniqueBattF048b":"The type of material used in the batting can not be determined.","QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ThrColorF049b":"Blue varieagted yarn","DesignF052d":"Tied in a rough grid pattern with 4.25” to 7” between each tie.","QuiltTopF054":"Johnson, Mrs. Robert P.","LocMadeF057a":"John's Island","ProvCountyF057b":"Charleston","ProvStateF057d":"South Carolina (SC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: Collected for the Mathers Museum by Mary Arnold Twining during her field research in 1970 for her dissertation for the Folklore Institute at Indiana University.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"ExhibitListF067a":"Mathers Museum 1987 exhibit “Traditions Transformed: Black Folk Crafts from the Carolina Sea Islands” curated by David Schalliol","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"Gullah, African American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThere is a discrepancy in the listing of the maker of this quilt in the catalog and in Mary Twining’s thesis: \r\n \r\nThe original catalog card for this quilt reads: “Condition: Original. Detailed Description: This quilt has been made by Mrs. Ada Magwoods a member of the Gullah Negro Community; she has followed in the manufacture of the quilt a traditional quilting technique used by the members of her community. This quilt is made, at one side of one single piece of cloth, the cloth is white with blue and green leaves designs; a[t] the other side it has several strips of cloth of different colors, sewn together.” \r\n \r\nIn Mary Twinings 1977 dissertation this quilt is pictured on p. 201 and is attributed to Mrs. Robert P. Johnson of River Road. Given the difference in quality between this quilt and others attributed to Ida/Ada Magwood we (E. Sieber and J. Frisch) have decided that Mary’s account of the maker is more likely to be correct. \r\n \r\nThe quilt is in excellent condition and appears to be unused. It might have been made for sale or Mary Twining might have purchased it before it could be used. According to Shelly Zegart during her June 15, 2009 visit to the museum, the fact that these quilts appear unused could also be because, like the women of Gee’s Bend, quilts were made to be sold and/or used. A quilt made for use could easily be sold if someone was interested in purchasing it. \r\n \r\nThis quilt is also described by Mary Twining on p. 189 and 190 of her 1977 dissertation: \r\n“Another interesting discovery which has come to light in my quilt researches is the ‘cross quilt.’ In this article of which we have seen an example by Ms. Robert Johnson of Johns Island, we see a huge cross made of large pink arms and a dark blue middle section somewhat off center in the whole quilt. This short-armed cross symbol is one that ppears often in the New World, according to Thompson who has found it in the Caribbean and circum-Caribbean areas where re-affirmations of West African culture are far stronger and more obvious than in North America. The small crosses are found in one North American example, the Harriet Powers Bible quilt, at the Smithsonian Institution. It consists of biblical scenes and was manufactured during the 19th century at Athens Georgia. The scene of Cain’s birth has two of these crosses in it. This symbol signifies a curse of bad vibrations, according to Thompson, who found a cross in the work of a Surinamese carver. The carver’s idea was-- ‘if you don’t like my work, stay away, or curses on you.’ Obviously, Cain is a person involved in an archetypal curse situation; we are in the presence of evil. The cross in the design is not a Christian cross, according to the residents of the Island where Ms. Johnson’s quilt was made. \r\n \r\nIt represents danger, evil, and other bad feelings antithetical to a calm and peaceful life. The quilts are often made in striking chromatic contrasts such as red/blue or red/white color combinations which suggest the binary oppositions of hot/cool, good/bad, safe/dangerous, which are some of the dichotomous predicates that make up the dynamics of human societies.” \r\n \r\nThis quote, however, contains may assumptions and poor arguments and the “meaning” of the cross design is probably inaccurate. \r\n \r\nThis quilt was also part of the Mathers Museum 1987 exhibit “Traditions Transformed: Black Folk Crafts from the Carolina Sea Islands” curated by David Schalliol. It was incorrectly identified as being made by Ada Magwoods on the object label which read: “Quilt, Ada Magwoods, 1970, Cottons, synthetics, 70-69-50: John’s Island, South Carolina.” \r\n \r\nThe exhibit’s text panel on the quilts read: “Afro-American quilts provide one of the most striking examples of a fusion of two traditions. While quilts and quilting are primarily an Anglo-American textile form, the type quilt most often found among black communities is the strip quilt, sometimes called a ‘string quilt.’ Recalling the strip fabrics of Africa, these quilt tops are made by first sewing the scraps of cloth into strips, which are then assembled into various patterns. The emphasis here is less on the fineness of constructions, than on the visual impact of the design created. The formality and geometrical precision of an Anglo-American tradition becomes, through a meeting with African tradition, a much more improvisational, fluid, and dynamic form.” \r\n \r\nJason Jackson describes this quilt as follows in his 1992 cataloging notes: “A strip/patchwork quilt of very large blocks. A twelve element checkerboard is bounded by vertical and horizontal strips. The checkerboard uses blk, pnk and grn/wht plaid cloth in a powerful play on the standard chx board des. [Two] crosses are created offset of each other. Bound with same border as 70-69-48 above.” \r\n \r\nIn her dissertation Mary Twining connects the strip piecing method in the Gullah quilts to the piecing together of thin strips of woven fabric found in Africa. John Vlach utilized Twining’s research when he wrote the exhibit catalog, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts in which he uses images of the Gullah quilts from this collection and asserts that strip quilting is the most common form of African American quilting and that it is universally related to the African tradition of strip piecing of woven cloth. \r\n \r\nShelly Zegart takes issue with Vlach’s generalization from a few localized examples, such as the Gullah quilts, stating that: “Folklorist John Vlach’s exhibit of African-American folk art and craft was the first to include quilts. By the mid-1980s Vlach’s early ideas about “Africanisms” had been expanded by art historian Maude Wahlman into a checklist and the theory that black quiltmakers were unconsciously reproducing African textile aesthetics. \r\n \r\nAlmost all of Vlach’s assumptions about African-American quilts have proved to be just that: assumptions made on little evidence. In her doctoral dissertation at The University of Texas, Margaret Roach notes that a decade later Vlach acknowledged his conclusions had been reached without a broad study of Southern quilts, and that these attributes or “Africanisms” were probably as much regional as racial.” \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1977. An Examination of African Retentions in the Folk Culture of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Folklore Institute. \r\n \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1991. "Baskets and Quilts: Women in Sea Island Arts and Crafts". In Mary A. Twining and Keith E. Baird, eds. Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Pp. 129-140. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. \r\n \r\nVlach, John Michael. 1977. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. \r\n \r\nZegart, Shelly. 2008. "Myth and Methodology: Shelly Zegart Unpicks African-American Quilt Scholarship." Selvedge Magazine (21: Jan/Feb). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1971 CAT: E.G. Wallace; 1992 RECAT: Jason Baird Jackson; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6031/1970_69_0050v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6031/1970_69_0050v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6031/1970_69_0050v03.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6031/1970_69_0050d02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"ONE PATCH","Maker":"[\"JOHNSON, MRS. ROBERT P.\"]","Date":"1950-1975","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:38:48","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["ONE PATCH"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Pa5mWZEB8akQsUweMXoN","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-2868","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"CB283","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1973-45-0002","DateDataF006b":"4/9/1988","IfOtherF007d":"Maker pieced the quilt.","locationF007f":"Columbus","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","TypeObjOtherF008a":"Comforter","OwnerNameF010":"Monkey Wrench","AltNameF011":"Square in a Square, Shoo Fly","BrackmanF011a":"Side 1: Brackman # 1645 (p.208-209) and are also called “The Eight-Cornered Block.” These blocks are called “Monkey Wrench” by the original owner but that name is not associated with the Brackman number that corresponds with these blocks (see. Brackman #1646a for “Monkey Wrench”).","OverallWidthF12a":"180 cm","OverallLengthF012b":"208 cm","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Black","Blue","Cream","Red"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Dirty","Discoloration or dyes ran"],"RepairHistF018":"Clean, Color is good, fibers are strong","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"c1900","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"Side 1: 16 pieced blocks","SizeBlockF027":"Side 1: 14\" x 13.5\"; 6\" x 6\"","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Separated by plain sashing"],"OtherSpaceF029a":"The blocks are set in a black fabric sashing which continues on the outside of the blocks on the short ends of the quilt but not on the longer sides.","BlockStyleF030a":["Same block throughout"],"SashWidthF032":"The size of the sashing varies between 5.25” and 6” wide.","NumBordersF033":"2","BordDescF034":"Plain strips, butted","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Wool","Other synthetic"],"FabPrintF037":["Checked","Multiple scrap","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"Muslin weight, wool yarn.","ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"Single template. All of the Shoo Fly blocks have red center squares, 11 are made with gray wool and the other 5 with a black and white woven fabric. In all but two of the blocks the four corner squares are pieced out of a triangle of tan fabric and a triangle of blue fabric. In the other two squares the corners are pieced as follows: one with a black fabric and the gray wool fabric and the other with the blue fabric and the black and white woven fabric. ","OtherFabF040a":"Side 2 (back): The back consists of square within a square blocks which are Brackman #2375a (p.300-301) and are also known as “Triangle Design,” “Broken Sash,” “Dutch Tile,” and “Diamond in the Square.” The pieced blocks are set by alternating them with plain blocks. All of the blocks (pieced and not pieced) are approximately 5.5” square. There are 13 squares in a row and 15 rows for a total of 195 blocks. The predominant colors on this side of the quilt are blue, cream, and pink, but there are a few blacks and purple fabrics as well. This quilt was probably made by the same individual who made 1973-42-0001 as pieces of the same fabric used to back 73-42-1 can be found in pieced and solid blocks on this back of this quilt. There are irregular borders on 3 of the 4 sides on the back of the quilt. On two of the sides there is a light blue solid border ranging from 2.5” to 3” wide while on the third side there is a blue and cream plaid border ranging from 0.75” to 1.5” wide. These borders were clearly used to make the back of the quilt the same size as the front.","WidthPiecesF042a":"195\", 6\" block","DescBackF043":["Reversible"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Edges turned in/ no separate binding","Hand sewn"],"MatUsedF048":"Cotton","BattLoftF048a":"Thick","UniqueBattF048b":"The batting is thick and might be an older blanket judging from what can be seen through a repaired hole in one patch along the edge of the quilt.","QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ThrTypeF049a":"Yarn","ThrColorF049b":"Red and Gray","DesignF052d":"The knots are on the “Shoo Fly” side of the quilt indicating that that side was probably the top. the gray yarn was most frequently used within the blocks and are positioned along the seam lines while the red yarn was used in the black sashing and is positioned more or less in the middle of each sashing piece. There is approximately 3.5” to 4” between each tie.","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: purchased from Gladys Stanford of Bloomington, IN on Nov. 28, 1973 for $35.00","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"601 E. 8th Street","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"DateObtainedF088c":"August 5, 2019","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThis quilt was included in the Indiana Quilt Registry Project and has their number of CB-283. \r\n \r\nThe original catalog card written by WA on 11/29/1973 reads: “Condition: good. Detailed Description: This comforter is quilted on both sides. The primary side consists of the monkey wrench pattern with black border. The other side has a wide range of material consisting of square patches. These patches alternate plain suqare then a square with a diamond design. It is worth noting that some of the material on the secondary side was used to back (HOco-9 [73-45-1]). Height 208cm. Length 180cm.” \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nBrackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society. \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1973 CAT: WA; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Indiana State Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2868/1973_45_0002v03.jpg","https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2868/CB-283.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2868/1973_45_0002v03z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2868/1973_45_0002v01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"Side 2","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2868/1973_45_0002d01.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2868/1973_45_0002v04.jpg"],"Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2868/1973_45_0002d02.jpg"],"dateverified":"2021-03-15","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"MONKEY WRENCH","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for digital humanities and social sciences and the Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"CB283.jpg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"68-104-46B","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 04:20:20","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:04"},"sort":["MONKEY WRENCH"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"m65mWZEB8akQsUweMXoN","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-2962","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"CB279","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1973-45-0001","DateDataF006b":"4/9/1988","interviewerF007e":"P.Brooks","locationF007f":"Columbus","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OwnerNameF010":"Log Cabin, Sunshine and Shadow","OverallWidthF12a":"179 cm","OverallLengthF012b":"196 cm","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Purple"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Dirty","Discoloration or dyes ran"],"RepairHistF018":"Clean, Color is good, fibers are strong","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"c1900","OtherExDateF023d":"Museum catalog","DateInfoF023f":"c1900","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"20 pieced blocks","SizeBlockF027":"14.5\" x 14.5\"","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"OtherSpaceF029a":"Setting that forms a secondary diamond pattern commonly referred to as “Light and Dark” or “Sunshine and Shadows.”","BlockStyleF030a":["Squares"],"NumBordersF033":"2","BordDescF034":"Pieced, plain strips, butted. The quilt has borders on 3 of its 4 sides. Two sides have solid colored strips of fabric arranged on a slant. The third border is a plain brown piece of fabric that appears to have been the last thing added as it is sewn to both of the other borders, does not contain any batting, and is the only place on the quilt where the edges are finished by turning the top fabric to the back and stitching it into place. The third border also does not contain any quilting while the other two borders having quilting in the seam lines. The batting appears to be another blanket, possibly another quilt, judging from the thickness of the batting and the different fabrics visible through holes in the top.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Multiple scrap","Plaid","Solid/plain","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"Muslin weight. The fabrics used in the top are coarse and the wear to the quilt suggests that it was more of a utility object than a display object. The fabrics include plaids, plain browns, floral patterns, and stripes.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"Strip (log cabin)","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"OtherFabF040a":"The quilt is backed with a blue fabric with a floral design. The fabric on the back is laid out so that the field of flowers design is set on each of the longer sides of the back of the quilt. The 3 pieces in the backing may have been machine pieced but I am uncertain. Pieces of the fabric used for this backing are also found in the backing of quilt #1973-45-0002 making it likely that they were made by the same person or family.","NumPiecesF042":"1 piece","WidthPiecesF042a":"33.5” wide, 5.5” wide, and 31.75” wide","ConstrucBindF046":["Edges turned in/ no separate binding","Hand sewn"],"WidthBindF047":"greater than one inch","BindWidthF047a":"1 1/4\"","UniqueBattF048b":"Batting","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"Dark blue","NumStitchedF050":"3","NumStitchF051":"4","DesignF052a":["In-the-ditch"],"DesignF052d":"In-the-ditch in the seams forming squares on the back of the quilt.","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: purchased from Gladys Standford of Bloomington, IN on Nov. 28 1973 for $50","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"601 E. 8th Street","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"DateObtainedF088c":"August 5, 2019","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThis quilt was included in the Indiana Quilt Registry Project and has their number CB-279. \r\n \r\nLog cabin quilt blocks can be set (or arranged) in a variety of ways to produce a number of secondary patterns resulting from the contrast between the light and dark halves of the block. These secondary patterns have commonly recognized names among quilters with the pattern in this quilt being called the “Light and Dark” or “Sunshine and Shadows” setting. \r\n \r\nLog cabin blocks are often seen with red squares at the center which is popularly believed to represent the hearth or fire at the center of the home. \r\n \r\nThe original catalog card for this object created by WA on 11/29/1973 reads: “Condition: fair-good; In top left hand corner there is one panel which has to be replaced. Detailed Description: The design on the comforter is typically known as “log cabin.” This design is made up of a series of squares which form blocks. The material is a hodge-podge of material from scraps from around the house. The backing for the quilt has a blue background with a single flower field. the borders has groups of these flowers. the flowers appear to be Art Nouveau in design. Height 196cm. Length 179 cm. Probably manufactured around 1900.” \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nBrackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society. \r\n \r\nFaux-Log Cabin Blocks. Electronic Document, http://www.geocities.com/quiltfrenzy_archives/faux-logcabin.html, accessed June 7, 2009. \r\n \r\nMann, Christine. Five Popular Log Cabin Quilt Settings. Electronic document, Feb. 27, 2008, http://quilting.suite101.com/article.cfm/popular_log_cabin_quilt_settings, accessed June 7, 2009. \r\n \r\nMann, Christine. Four Historic Log Cabin Quilt Settings. Electronic document, March 7, 2008, http://quilting.suite101.com/article.cfm/historic_log_cabin_quilt_settings, accessed June 7, 2009. \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1973 CAT: WA; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Indiana State Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2962/1973_45_0001v01.jpg","https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2962/CB-279.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2962/1973_45_0001v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2962/1973_45_0001d02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2962/1973_45_0001d03.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2962/1973_45_0001d05.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-15","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"LOG CABIN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for digital humanities and social sciences and the Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"CB279.jpg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"68-104-4C3","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 04:20:58","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:35:16"},"sort":["LOG CABIN SUNSHINE AND SHADOW"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"mK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6032","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1970-69-0048","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"Log Cabin","OverallWidthF12a":"69.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"76”","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Dirty","Stains"],"DateQuiltF023":"1950-1975","FamDateF023c":"1970 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Strip","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Polyester","Other synthetic"],"FabPrintF037":["Plaid","Print","Solid/plain","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"Some of the more distinctive fabrics include: an orange and yellow sunflower-like design on a yellow-green background with green vines and leaves (13.75” X 37.5”); a solid green silk (14.25” X 36.5”); two pieces of blue, green, and brown prints of compasses, flower vases, and a glove with cartographer’s tools; a western-style print with saddled horses in front of a red building; a brown, orange, and yellow print on a tan fabric of globes, the liberty bell, and the words “Let freedom ring” in a banner; two pieces of a fabric with multiple designs including a ship and a cannon labeled “Artillery”; and a large piece of blue fabric with large white woven flowers.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The quilt is pieced by hand with large loose running stitches which causes some of the patches to be loose at the corners or to not have the unfinished edge of the patch turned under. Many patches contain pleats or pucker marks where the fabrics of different lengths were curved to fit together. One interesting design element in this quilt is the inclusion of two strips of smaller pieced squares and rectangles with one on each of the shorter ends of the quilt. These smaller squares are largely made out of solid colored fabric. One strip is 69” long and includes 30 pieces and the other is 61” long and contains 36 pieces.
The construction of this quilt is similar to that of a log cabin block in traditional block based quilts. It is done on a much larger scale and with irregularly shaped pieces here which leads to the unique design and off center starting point.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"OtherFabF040a":"The quilt is backed with a printed cotton fabric with blue, light blue, teal, green, and light green leaves on a cream colored background.","NumPiecesF042":"The backing is constructed out of two pieces of this fabric machine sewn together. Both pieces of fabric are 35” wide. This same fabric was used for the backing for 1970-69-0050.","UniqueBindF045a":"Whip stitched in place.","ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":"1\"","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ThrColorF049b":"Thin yellow string","DesignF052d":"The quilt is tied in a rough grid pattern with anywhere from 5.5” to 7.5” between the ties.","QuiltTopF054":"Magwood('s?), Ada (Ida?)","LocMadeF057a":"John's Island","ProvCountyF057b":"Charleston","ProvStateF057d":"South Carolina (SC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: Collected for the Mathers Museum by Mary Arnold Twining during her field research in 1970 for her dissertation for the Folklore Institute at Indiana University. Incorrectly tagged as 1970-69-0052, tags corrected based on original accession and cataloging records and approved by E. Sieber on 6/9/09","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"Gullah, African American","essay":"Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1977. An Examination of African Retentions in the Folk Culture of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Folklore Institute. \r\n \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1991. "Baskets and Quilts: Women in Sea Island Arts and Crafts." In Mary A. Twining and Keith E. Baird, eds. Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Pp. 129-140. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. \r\n \r\nVlach, John Michael. 1977. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. \r\n \r\nZegart, Shelly. 2008. "Myth and Methodology: Shelly Zegart Unpicks African-American Quilt Scholarship." Selvedge Magazine (21: Jan/Feb). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1971 CAT E.G. Wallace; 1992 RECAT Jason Baird Jackson; 2009 RECAT: Janice E. Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6032/1970_69_0048v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6032/1970_69_0048v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6032/1970_69_0048d02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6032/1970_69_0048d05.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6032/1970_69_0048v03.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6032/1970_69_0048d07.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"LOG CABIN","Maker":"[\"MAGWOOD('S?), ADA (IDA?)\"]","Date":"1950-1975","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:38:51","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["LOG CABIN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"oa5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6041","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0026","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Lady in the White House","BrackmanF011a":"The pattern in this block is Brackman number 1146 (p.160-161) and is also known as “White House.”","OverallWidthF12a":"14.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"14.5”","PredomColorsF014":["Red","White","Blue"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains","Wear to edge or binding"],"DateQuiltF023":"1901-1929","FamDateF023c":"ca. 1920 assoc","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Dotted","Geometric"],"UniqueF037b":"The red fabric is printed with white and black dots and black outlines of hearts. The blue fabric is printed with white dotted lines making dots and abstract designs. The white fabric has woven horizontal and vertical lines forming a grid pattern.","ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"It is a sixteen patch block with a pinwheel design in the center with 8 solid blocks and 4 smaller nine-patch blocks around the edges. The sixteen patches are each approximately 3.5” square. the pieces in the nine-patch squares are approximately 1.25” square. The block is machine pieced with black and white thread, 0.25” seams, and 12 machine stitches per inch. The seams are pressed to one side instead of open. Two of the white patches in one of the four nine-patch squares are pieced together from two pieces of the white fabric.","QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42T.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: Donated to the Elizabeth Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin and described on the original documentation card from the Sage Collection as “other quilt block”. The date on the documentation card is 1900 which is origin of the original object date in this catalog.
In her May, 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell identified this pattern as “Patchwork quilt square...variation of the ‘Pinwheel’ design” She referenced p. 430 of William C. Ketchum’s Quilts (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982).
On June 15, 2004 Shelly Zegart estimated this block to have been made ca. 1920 based on the fabrics.
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6041/1988_02_0026v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6041/1988_02_0026v01z.jpg"],"dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"LADY IN THE WHITE HOUSE","Date":"1901-1929","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:27","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["LADY IN THE WHITE HOUSE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"rK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6052","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0039","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Joseph's Coat","BrackmanF011a":"This block is Brackman number 2922 (p.354-355) and is also called “Lewis and Clark,” and “Mrs. Thomas.”","OverallWidthF12a":"11.75”","OverallLengthF012b":"11.75”","PredomColorsF014":["Red","White"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding"],"DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Striped","Print"],"UniqueF037b":"The red fabric is printed with a small 3-leaf design and is the same fabric that is used in 1988-02-0037. The white fabric has a woven stripe pattern.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The overall design of the block is made up of various squares and triangles radiating out from a central square block. The block is pieced with white thread, 5-6 stitches per inch, and 0.25” seams. The seams are pressed to one side.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42M.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: Donated to the Elizabeth Sage collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin and described on the Sage collection’s documentation card for number 1970.42M as “other quilt block”. The date on the Sage collection documentation card is 1900. This is the origin of the object date in this catalog.
In her May, 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell identified this block as “Patchwork quilt square: An interesting variation of the two pictured patterns - ‘cups and saucers’ and ‘Robbing Peter to Pay Paul.’” She found these patterns on p. 111 of Rachel Pellman and Kennth Pellman’s book The World of Amish Quilts (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1984) and p. 430 of William C. Ketchum’s book Quilts (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982). The identification of the Brackman number for this pattern suggests however that this block is a separate pattern although it does share designe elements with the two patterns that DeBell identified.
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6052/1988_02_0039v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6052/1988_02_0039v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6052/1988_02_0039v02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"JOSEPHS COAT","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:54","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:35:19"},"sort":["JOSEPHS COAT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"qa5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6049","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0036","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Jacob's Ladder","BrackmanF011a":"This block pattern is Brackman number 1695a (p. 214-215) and is also known as “The Railroad,” “Golden Stairs,” Road to California,” “Off to San Francisco,” “Going to Chicago,” and “Susie’s Fancy”.","OverallWidthF12a":"9.5”","OverallLengthF012b":"9.75”","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","White","Black","Orange"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Plaid"],"UniqueF037b":"Both of the two fabrics are plaids: one is blue and white and the other is orange, black, and white.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"It is a nine-patch block made up of 5 four-patch blocks and 4 half-triangle blocks. The nine patches are all approximately 3” square. The block is hand pieced with white thread, 4-5 stitches per inch, and 0.25” seams. The seams are pressed to one side instead of open.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42R.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: This block was donated to the Elizabeth Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin and is described on the original Sage Collection documentation card as “other quilt block”. The date on the documentation card is 1900 which is origin of the object date in this catalog.
In her May, 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell described this block as “Patchwork quilt square: ‘Jacob’s Ladder’” referencing page 40 of William C. Ketchum’s book Quilts (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982).
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6049/1988_02_0036v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6049/1988_02_0036v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6049/1988_02_0036v02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"JACOBS LADDER","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:46","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:35:19"},"sort":["JACOBS LADDER"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"na5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6037","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0002","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"Jacob's Ladder","BrackmanF011a":"Brackman number: 1693a (p. 214-215), called “Jacob’s Ladder,” “The Railroad,” “Golden Stairs,” “Road to California,” “Off to San Francisco,” “Going to Chicago,” and “Susie’s Fancy.”","OverallWidthF12a":"64”","OverallLengthF012b":"68”","PredomColorsF014":["Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Two color"],"OverCondF015":"Fair/worn","DamageF016":["Stains","Discoloration or dyes ran","Fading"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The quilt looks worn and has extensive fraying at the binding and some large holes in the top.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1880 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"36","SizeBlockF027":"The “Jacob’s Ladder” blocks are 8” X 8” and the larger blocks formed by the “Jacob’s Ladder” blocks are 16” X 16”.","SpacingF029":["Separated by sashing with cornerstones or connecting blocks"],"OtherSpaceF029a":"The quilt consists of 36 of these blocks arranged in groups of four to form 9 larger blocks. The 4 “Jacob’s Ladder” blocks in the larger blocks are rotated 90 degrees to form the pattern that first appears when viewing the quilt. The 9 large blocks are set in 5.5” sashing with nine-patch cornerstone blocks (Brackman #1601a p. 204-205). The nine-patch blocks are 5.5” X 5.5” and are constructed out of the same fabrics as the larger blocks. The nine-patch cornerstone blocks are set in such a way as to produce a diagonal pattern of red squares connecting and running through the larger blocks. The sashing fabric is a white fabric with a 3-berry and leaf design in red.","SashWidthF032":"5.5\"","NumBordersF033":"2","BordDescF034":"The quilt has two borders. The first is a series of 1.75” squares divided into light and dark triangles made out of the same red and white fabrics as the main blocks. These squares create a “sawtooth” design in the border. The second border is irregularly sized and ranges from 0.75” wide to 2.5” wide. It is made out of the same fabric as the sashing. Neither of the two borders are mitered. In the first border the squares on the corners do not necessarily match up at the seams and in two of the corners the last square on one side is cut off. The second border meets at right angles in the corners.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Dotted"],"UniqueF037b":"The quilt blocks are constructed out of a red fabric with a white floral pattern and a white fabric with a small red circle and floral design.","ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"OtherFabF040a":"The backing is a white and pink paisley pattern that may have originally been red and white and faded.","ColorBackingF040b":["Pink","White"],"NumPiecesF042":"3","WidthPiecesF042a":"one 25” wide, one 23.75” wide, and one 18.5” wide.","UniqueBindF045a":"The edges of the second border were turned to the backing and stitched down by hand to form the binding.","ConstrucBindF046":["Front turned to back","Hand sewn"],"MatUsedF048":"Cotton","UniqueBattF048b":"The cotton batting that is visible through the numerous holes where the fabric has worn out on the surface.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"White","NumStitchedF050":"7","NumStitchF051":"8","WidthF051a":"There are 1.25” between the quilting in the crosshatch design and 1” between the quilting in the parallel line designs.","DesignF052d":"Crosshatch grid design in the main blocks and interior border and parallel lines in the sashing cornerstone blocks and outer border.","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Miss. Helen Yeakel in 1964. Original Sage Collection number was 19.1688.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The original Elizabeth Sage documenation card for this quilt (19.1688) reads: “Quilt, 1880, pieced quilt-blocks, backing is pink paisley on white, machine stitched, paisley border on top, 66 X 65. Donor: Miss Helen Yeakel; Seattle, Wash. (donated 1964).” The back of the Sage documentation card reads “needs repair: small hole in edge, edges frayed.”
The original object tag from the Elizabeth Sage collection reads: “Quilt, 1880.1, Miss Hellen Yeakel”
This quilt has a Indiana Quilt Registry Project form that was apparently not turned in which is fortunate as the information recorded on the form is inaccurate in many cases.
In her May, 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell wrote about this quilt: “The following accession numbers are not illustrated as I could not find adequate research materail...2. Patchwork pattern not identified. The border pattern is “Running Freather.”
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society.
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. 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The quilt is hand pieced with large loose running stitches, causing some of the patches to be loose at the seams. Some of the patches also contain pleats and pucker marks where fabrics of different lengths were sewn together.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"OtherFabF040a":"Blue with a printed design of red and pink flowers and green leaves. This same backing fabric is used in 1970-69-0053 and 1970-69-0021.","ColorBackingF040b":["Blue"],"NumPiecesF042":"2","WidthPiecesF042a":"One piece is 38” wide and the other is 28.5” wide.","DescBackF043":["Machine sewn","Print","Same fabric used throughout"],"UniqueBindF045a":"Whip stitched","ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":"The binding is very uneven in width. It is 3” on one side, 1.5” on another, and 1” on a third. On the forth side, due to the construction of the quilt, the front of the quilt rolls under itself, hiding the binding.","UniqueBattF048b":"The batting in the quilt appears to be another piece of fabric or fabrics, possibly made of cotton.","QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ThrColorF049b":"Yellow string","DesignF052d":"Tied in a rough grid pattern with anywhere from 3” to 7” between the ties.","QuiltTopF054":"Magwood(s?), Ada (Ida?)","LocMadeF057a":"John’s Island","ProvCountyF057b":"Charleston","ProvStateF057d":"South Carolina (SC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: Collected for the Mathers Museum by Mary Arnold Twining during her field research in 1970 for her dissertation for the Folklore Institute at Indiana University.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"Gullah, African American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThe maker of this quilt is referred to as Ida Magwood in Mary Arnold Twining’s 1977 dissertation (see p. 197 fig. 2). \r\n \r\nThe quilt is in excellent condition and appears to be unused. The backing fabric on this quilt is new unused cloth and is the same fabric as that used to back #s 1970-69-0053 and 1970-69-0021. This leads me to believe that either the women were buying fabric to share for quilts made to sell and not use or that the collector, Mary Twining supplied the fabric. According to Shelly Zegart during her June 15, 2009 visit to the museum, the fact that these quilts appear unused could also be because, like the women of Gee’s Bend, quilts were made to be sold and/or used. A quilt made for use could easily be sold if someone was interested in purchasing it. \r\n \r\nThe original catalog card for this quilt reads: \r\n“Condition: Original. Detailed description: This quilt has been made by Ada Magwood a member of the Quilting Cooperative of John’s Island, The technique followed in the manufacture of this quilt is a traditional one, used by the member[s] of the Gullah Negro Community. One side of the quilt is made of a blue piece of cloth with pink and green flower designs; the other side is made of several small pieces of cloth, of different colors, that have been sewn together. The size of the quilt is 66” by 72 1/2”. \r\n \r\nJason Jackson described this quilts as follows: \r\n“A log cabin/strip quilt in the classic style described in the literature on African American quilting. Bordered in pink on blue calico as in 70-69-53.” \r\n \r\nIn her dissertation Mary Twining connects the strip piecing method in the Gullah quilts to the piecing together of thin strips of woven fabric found in Africa. John Vlach utilized Twining’s research when he wrote the exhibit catalog, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts in which he uses images of the Gullah quilts from this collection and asserts that strip quilting is the most common form of African American quilting and that it is universally related to the African tradition of strip piecing of woven cloth. \r\n \r\nShelly Zegart takes issue with Vlach’s generalization from a few localized examples, such as the Gullah quilts, stating that: “Folklorist John Vlach’s exhibit of African-American folk art and craft was the first to include quilts. By the mid-1980s Vlach’s early ideas about “Africanisms” had been expanded by art historian Maude Wahlman into a checklist and the theory that black quiltmakers were unconsciously reproducing African textile aesthetics. \r\n \r\nAlmost all of Vlach’s assumptions about African-American quilts have proved to be just that: assumptions made on little evidence. In her doctoral dissertation at The University of Texas, Margaret Roach notes that a decade later Vlach acknowledged his conclusions had been reached without a broad study of Southern quilts, and that these attributes or “Africanisms” were probably as much regional as racial.” \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1977. An Examination of African Retentions in the Folk Culture of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Folklore Institute. \r\n \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1991. "Baskets and Quilts: Women in Sea Island Arts and Crafts". In Mary A. Twining and Keith E. Baird, eds. Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Pp. 129-140. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. \r\n \r\nVlach, John Michael. 1977. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. \r\n \r\nZegart, Shelly. 2008. "Myth and Methodology: Shelly Zegart Unpicks African-American Quilt Scholarship." Selvedge Magazine (21: Jan/Feb). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1971 CAT: E.G. 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The outer border is 5\" wide. It is light blue.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Blue"],"NumPiecesF042":"1","UniqueBindF045a":"Black","ConstrucBindF046":["Separate binding applied","Straight grain","Front turned to back","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":".75\"","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"Black","NumStitchedF050":"5","NumStitchF051":"6","DesignF052d":"The center of this quilt is quilted by hand in black thread in a crosshatch design that puts an X instead each block. Inner border is quilted in a double cable design. The outer border is quilted in 3 rows of a clamshell design. The quilting in both borders does not turn the corners but ends at the end of each strip of fabric.","MakerGroupNameF097":"Yoder Family member","ProvCountyF057b":"Wayne","ProvStateF057d":"Ohio (OH)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","ProvenanceF058a":"2005 VENDOR [Larry Fox]: \"Your Amish Hired Hand lightning quilt came from the Yoder family, Wayne County, Ohio.\" 2009 RECAT [Janice Frisch]: sold via e-bay by Larry Fox Antiques to the Mathers Museum for use in the \"What is Culture?\" exhibit.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"ExhibitListF067a":"What is Culture?","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"Amish","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nAccording to the notes on the Mathers Museum Acquistion Recommendation - Curatorial Review form in the file this quilt was purchased because: "Amish quilts are an important folk art form in the US, to date unrepresented in the Mathers' quilt collection. As a subculture within the American landscape, the Amish are careful which elements of mainstream culture they adopt, and which they reject. The quilts reflect this in that they make use of widely-available fabrics, and a bought by non-Amish. This quilt is from an Amish Yoder family farmhouse in Wayne Co., Ohio, and is made in the "Lightening" pattern. Acquired for "What Is Culture?" exhibit. \r\n \r\nAccording to the information provided by Larry Fox on the back of one of his business cards: "Your Amish Hired Hand Lightening Quilt came from the Yoder Family Wayne County Ohio." \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nBrackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 2005 CAT Ariel Weinberg/E. Sieber; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6075/2005_13_0001v02.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6075/2005_13_0001v02z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6075/2005_13_0001d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6075/2005_13_0001d03.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6075/2005_13_0001d05.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"detail","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6075/2005_13_0001v03.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"HIRED HAND LIGHTNING QUILT","Maker":"YODER FAMILY MEMBER","Date":"1950-1975","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:38","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["HIRED HAND LIGHTNING QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"na5mWZEB8akQsUweMXoN","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-2964","InstNameF003":["Indiana State Museum"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"CB288","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1976-19-0007","DateDataF006b":"4/9/1988","IfOtherF007d":"Maker pieced the quilt.","interviewerF007e":"Peggy Brooks","locationF007f":"Columbus","AltNameF011":"Hands All Around","OverallWidthF12a":"170.5 cm","OverallLengthF012b":"216.5 cm","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Pink","White"],"OverCondF015":"Excellent/like new","OtherDamageF016a":"Yellowed","RepairHistF018":"Color is good, fibers are strong","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","DateInfoF023f":"1931","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"20 pieced blocks","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Alternating with plain squares"],"BlockStyleF030a":["Same block throughout"],"BordDescF034":"1\" plain strips, mitered","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"Muslin weight","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"ColorBackingF040b":["White"],"NumPiecesF042":"1 piece","ConstrucBindF046":["Separate binding applied","Straight grain"],"WidthBindF047":"half inch - one inch","BindWidthF047a":"1\"","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","BattLoftF048a":"Thin","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"White","NumStitchedF050":"7","DesignF052a":["All-over-design","Outline"],"DesignF052d":"Even quilting stitches. Shapes outlined. All over design in the plain areas.","LocMadeF057a":"Sellers","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","ProvenanceF058a":"Donated-Gilbert Coble. \"Never used\" according to donation.","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"601 E. 8th Street","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Indiana State Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2964/1976_19_0007v01.jpg","https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2964/CB-288.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2964/1976_19_0007v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2964/1976_19_0007v02.jpg"],"Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2964/1976_19_0007v03.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-15","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"HANDS ALL AROUND","Date":"1930-1949","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for digital humanities and social sciences and the Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"CB288.jpg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"68-104-4C5","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 04:20:59","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:04"},"sort":["HANDS ALL AROUND"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"n65mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6039","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0004","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","TypeObjOtherF008a":"crib quilt","AltNameF011":"Flying Geese; King's Crown","BrackmanF011a":"The block patterns found in this quilt are Brackman numbers 2039 (p. 256-257) called “King’s Crown” and 480 (p. 82-83) called “Wild Goose Chase,” “Birds in Flight,” “Wild Geese Flying,” and “Geese in Flight.”","OverallWidthF12a":"42.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"47.5”","PredomColorsF014":["Pink","Blue","Beige or Tan","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OtherColorF014c":"Although the top is a scrap quilt the maker has taken care to plan the color scheme and design. The flying geese blocks are brown and blue. The “King’s Crown” blocks all have a brown center square (except for two in the middle strip with blue center squares). In the “King’s Crown” blocks the larger triangles on each side of the center square and the corner blocks are all the same color, which is either the small patterned blue and white fabric found in four of the plain strips or the small patterned pink and white fabric found in the border and two of the strips. The exception to this is three blocks in the center “King’s Crown” strip, two of which have a pink and white striped fabric in the large triangles and the standard small patterned white and blue fabric in the corner squares and one block with two triangles in the pink and white striped fabric and two triangles and the corner squares in the small patterned white and blue fabric. The rest of the blocks in the center strip all use the blue fabric in the triangles and corner squares, unlike the two outer rows of “King’s Crown” blocks where the fabrics alternate between the blue and the pink. The smaller triangles in all of the “King’s Crown” blocks are white.","OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Stains","Dirty"],"DateQuiltF023":"1800-1849","FamDateF023c":"1830s-1840s assoc","LayFormatF024":"Vertical strip","SizeBlockF027":"The two outer strips of “flying geese” blocks are 3.5” wide and the two inner strips of “flying geese” blocks are 3.75” wide. The size difference between the four strips of “flying geese” blocks may help to explain the discrepancy in the number of “geese” blocks (which I am defining as one large triangle set in-between two smaller triangles to form a rectangle), which varies between the strips. The “King’s Crown” blocks are approximately 3.75” square and the strips containing them are 5-5.5” wide.","SpacingF029":["Separated by plain sashing"],"OtherSpaceF029a":"The blocks are organized into 7 strips which alternate with plain strips for a total of 13 strips in the quilt. The “King’s Crown” blocks are set on-point in three of the strips. There are four strips of flying geese. The two outer strips of flying geese point in one direction while the two inner strips of flying geese point in the opposite direction. The quilt was designed with bilateral symmetry around the central strip. Starting on one of the shorter ends the pattern is as follows: 1) one plain strip of a small patterned white and blue fabric; 2) one strip of 24 “flying geese” blocks pointing in one direction; 3) one strip of a small patterned pink and white fabric (same as the border fabric); 4) one strip of “King’s Crown” blocks set on-point with a blue, dark blue, and white oval patterned fabric (all of the “King’s Crown” squares are set on point with the same fabric) - the color theme of the 7 blocks in this row alternates: pink, blue, pink, blue, pink, blue, pink; 5) a plain strip of the same fabric used to put the “King’s Crown” blocks on-point; 6) a strip of 22 “flying geese” blocks pointing in the opposite direction; 7) a plain strip of the same small patterned blue and white fabric used in the first strip; 8) and then the center strip of 7 “King’s Crown” squares set on point. The pattern then reverse with 9) one plain strip of the small patterned blue and white fabric; 10) a strip of 23 “flying geese” blocks, 11) a strip of the blue, dark blue, and white oval patterned fabric; 12) a strip of 7 “King’s Crown” blocks set on-point in the following color pattern: pink, blue, pink, blue, pink, blue, pink; 13) one strip of a small patterned pink and white fabric; 14) a strip of 24 “flying geese blocks”, and 15) a strip of the small patterned white and blue fabric.","SashWidthF032":"2\"","BordDescF034":"The quilt borders are 1.75” wide and are made out of the small patterned pink and white fabric. They are not mitered but meet at a right angle and are made up of pieces of varying length.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Plaid"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"OtherFabF040a":"Striped","ColorBackingF040b":["Blue","White"],"NumPiecesF042":"2","WidthPiecesF042a":"each 24.5” wide","DescBackF043":["Hand sewn"],"UniqueBindF045a":"The binding is the same fabric as the border, the binding is mitered at the corners.","ConstrucBindF046":["Separate binding applied","Straight grain","Front turned to back","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":".25\"","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"White","NumStitchedF050":"5","NumStitchF051":"7","DesignF052d":"The quilting pattern varies around the top. The borders are done in slanting parallel lines that are about 1.75” apart. Two of the corners on one of the longer sides of the quilt have one line of quilting from the corner to the first slanted line of quilting, bisecting that 1st quilting line perpendicularly. The plain strips also have parallel lines of slanted quilting which switch the direction they are slanted on each strip. For example if the quilting in the first plain strip is slanted to the left than in the next plain strip it will be slanted to the right, etc. In the “flying geese” strips there are arrows quilted in each larger triangle and a short straight line quilted in each of the smaller triangles from the corner of the rectangular block to the base of the corner triangles. In the rows of “King’s Crown” blocks, one line of quilting runs from the top point of the first block all the way down through the bottom point of the last block. Short straight lines of quilting also bisect the other two corner squares and all four of the larger triangles. Two additional lines of quilting run parallel to the main line running through all of seven “King’s Crown” blocks. Finally the setting triangles for the “King’s Crown” blocks are echo quilted with tow arrows of stitching in the larger pieces and one arrow in the four corner triangles. All of the knots from the quilting thread are visible on the back of the quilt. For visual examples of the quilting see the hand drawn pictures on the back of the handwritten re-cataloging sheets for this quilt.","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Robert Burke. Original Sage Collection number was 19.1681.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The original Elizabeth Sage Collection documentation card for #19.1681 reads: “Quilt, 1884, Crib quilt - patchwork, calico, hand quilted, pink background adn striped back, 43” X 48.25”, used by donor as infant. Donor: Mrs. Robert Burke.”
Original object tag reads “Inf. Cl- Qu. 1884--1, Donated by Mrs. Robert E. Burke.”
Avis Adelaide Tarrant Burke (donor and user of the quilt) was born in Connecticut in the mid 1880s. According to the 1920 and 1930 census Avis was married to Robert Burke and living in Bloomington. Robert was a Fine Arts professor at Indiana University and Avis was a public school teacher in 1920 and an executive at the Extension Office in 1930.
This quilt has a Indiana Quilt Registry Project form that was apparently not turned in. The following information comes from this form and may or may not be accurate: “Quilt was made c. 1884, in Indiana for the birth of Mrs. Robert E. Burke, batting is cotton.” Information was recorded by P. Brooks on 3/1/88.
Information recorded during the June 15, 2009 visit with Shelly Zegart contradicts the information given on the Indiana Quilt Registry Project form. Based on the fabrics Shelly estimated that this object was made around the 1830s-1840s. This would mean that the quilt was probably made long before Mrs. Robert E. Burke was born and was possibly passed down in the family.
In her 1989 cataloging notes Marlys K. DeBell states that this quilt (“patchwork baby quilt”) was not illustrated as she “could not find adequate research material.”
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Family information from Ancestry.com and U.S. census accessed through Ancestry.com, accessed July 24, 2009.
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6039/1988_02_0004v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6039/1988_02_0004v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6039/1988_02_0004d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6039/1988_02_0004v03.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6039/1988_02_0004d02.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"FLYING GEESE KINGS CROWN","Date":"1800-1849","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:20","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:35:19"},"sort":["FLYING GEESE KINGS CROWN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"nq5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6038","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0003","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"Flying Geese","BrackmanF011a":"The block pattern in this quilt is a variation on Brackman number 480 without the plain strips placed between the pieced strips.","OverallWidthF12a":"61”","OverallLengthF012b":"73.5”","PredomColorsF014":["Red","Pink","Black","White","Beige or Tan"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding","Tears or holes","Stains"],"OtherDamageF016a":"There are holes and wear along the edges of this quilt with some of the holes going all the way through the quilt allowing one to see the cotton batting.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1880 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Vertical strip","NumBlockF026":"This quilt consists of 11 alternating rows of flying geese blocks with 22.5 blocks in each row.","SizeBlockF027":"Each block is approximately 5.5” wide by 2.75” long.","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"OtherSpaceF029a":"All of the blocks in six rows of red triangles point in one direction while the blocks in the five rows of white triangles point in the opposite direction.","BordDescF034":"The quilt has a border on two sides. It is 7” wide on one side and 6.75” wide on the other. The border fabric is tan with pink flowers.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral"],"UniqueF037b":"Six of the rows have red fabric with a small floral pattern for the large triangle and black fabric with a tan floral design for the two smaller triangles. The other five rows are constructed out of white fabric with a small floral print for the large triangles and a double pink fabric with a floral pattern in the small triangles.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"OtherFabF040a":"The backing fabric contains a tan and pink floral design and might have faded from another color.","ColorBackingF040b":["Beige or Tan","Pink"],"NumPiecesF042":"4","WidthPiecesF042a":"one 7” wide, one 23.25” wide, one 23.25” wide, and one 19.5” wide","DescBackF043":["Machine sewn"],"UniqueBindF045a":"The quilt was bound by rolling the fabric from the front to the back and hand stitching it in place on 3 of the 4 sides. On the fourth side the quilt is bound by stitching the edge of the blocks to a thin strip of the same fabric used in the border and then rolling that fabric under and hand stitching it into place so that it cannot be seen from the top of the quilt.","ConstrucBindF046":["Front turned to back","Hand sewn"],"MatUsedF048":"Cotton","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"dark brown and light brown thread","NumStitchedF050":"5","NumStitchF051":"7","WidthF051a":"1.5 - 1.75” between the lines","DesignF052d":"The flying geese stripes are all echo quilted 1/8” to each side of the seam lines. The two border pieces are quilted in a crosshatch design.","QuiltTopF054":"grandmother of donor (donor’s name was Miss Helen Yeakel)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Miss. Helen Yeakel in 1964. Original Sage Collection number was 19.1689.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The original Elizabeth Sage Collection documentation card for #19.1689 reads: “Quilt, 1880, pieced quilt - red, pink, black, white prints on top, beige/gold calico back, hand stitched, 58 X 74, made by grandmother of donor. Donor: Miss Helen Yeakel; Seattle, Wash. (donated, 1964).” Back of the original documentation card reads: “Needs repair: some of the triangles are torn within the triange.”
The original object tag from the Elizabeth Sage Collection reads: “Quilt, circa 1880.1, Miss Helen Yeakel”
This quilt has a Indiana Quilt Registry Project form that was apparently not turned in which is fortunate as the information recorded on the form is inaccurate in many cases.
In her May, 1989 cataloguing notes Marlys K. DeBell writes: “This is an excellent example of the “Flying Geese” pattern. It was made by the grandmother of the donor. (Ketchum 433).”
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6038/1988_02_0003v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6038/1988_02_0003v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6038/1988_02_0003d02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6038/1988_02_0003d03.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6038/1988_02_0003v01.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6038/1988_02_0003d04.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"FLYING GEESE","Maker":"[\"GRANDMOTHER OF DONOR (DONOR","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:16","updated_at":"2024-08-16 04:15:15"},"sort":["FLYING GEESE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"oq5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6042","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0027","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Drunkard's Path","BrackmanF011a":"The Brackman number for this pattern is a slight variation on 1461a. The four corner patches with the printed brown fabric and the cream quarter-circle are rotated 180 degrees clockwise in this block in contrast to that shown in Brackman’s book. This design is also called “Wanderer’s Path in the Wilderness, ” “Crazy Quilt, ” “Wonder of the World, ” “Robbing Peter to Pay Paul, ” “Solomon’s Puzzle, ” “Drunkard’s Trail, ” “Endless Trail, ” “Crooked Path, ” “Country Cousin, ” “World’s Wonder, ” “Boston Trail, ” and “The Pumpkin Vine” (Brackman p. 190).","OverallWidthF12a":"11.75”","OverallLengthF012b":"11.75”","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","White"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains","Wear to edge or binding","Discoloration or dyes ran"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges of the block are unfinished and are beginning to fray. The white fabric has discolored and there are a few stains on the block.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"This sixteen-patch block is made up of four smaller four-patch blocks. Two of the four-patch blocks are made of white cotton and a brown and white printed fabric with brown lines and red dots. The other two four-patch blocks are made out of white cotton and a printed brown and white striped fabric.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The block is hand pieced with 8-9 stitches per inch. All of the seams are pressed to one side instead of open. The sixteen patches in the block are made up of two curved pieces of fabric and are each 2.75” to 3” square.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42S.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The fabric colors in this block are consistent with the date given for the object. According to Trestain: “Dark, somber colors typify the years between 1880 and 1910” (p. 93) and “Quilts from 1880-1910 were often dark overall. Because the predominant colors were black, dark blue, deep red, brown, and claret the quilts were usually quite subdued” (p. 100).
This block was donated to the Elizabeth Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin and is described on the original documentation card form the Sage Collection as “other quilt block”. The date on the documentation card is 1900 which is origin of the object date in this catalog.
In her May, 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell described this pattern as “Patchwork quilt square: ‘Drunkard’s Path’ pattern.” DeBell got her information from p. 55 of Maggie Malone’s Classic American Patchwork Quilt Patterns. (New York: Sterling Publishing, 1980).
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"DRUNKARDS PATH","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:29","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:35:19"},"sort":["DRUNKARDS PATH"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"sq5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6058","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0072","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Drunkard's Path","BrackmanF011a":"This block is a four-patch subset used to create the sixteen-patch pattern for Brackman number 1465 which is known as “Falling Timbers” and Brackman number 1472 known as “Rob Peter to Pay Paul.” Four sets of this block are needed to create 1465 and 16 sets are needed to create 1472 (see p. 192-193). The block is a variation on Brackman #1461a (p. 190-191) because one of the patches that is dark blue with a cream quarter circle is rotated 180 degrees from the other similar patch instead of being places going in the same direction as the other.","OverallWidthF12a":"6”","OverallLengthF012b":"6”","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Cream"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Stains","Tears or holes","Wear to edge or binding","Discoloration or dyes ran"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray. The Cream fabric is discolored and stained and three of the cream patches have tears while the other piece has a hole.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"Four-patch block in which two of the patches contain a blue patterned fabric with a cream colored quarter circle and the other two patches are cream with a blue patterned quarter circle. The block is made out of two fabrics. The blue fabric has a pattern of our dots arranged to make a square shape and a single dot in-between each set of four dots. The cream fabric is plain with no pattern.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The block is hand pieced with white thread. The seams are pressed to one side instead of open and are less than a 0.25” wide.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42P.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The fabric colors in this block are consistent with the date given for the object. According to Trestain: “Dark, somber colors typify the years between 1880 and 1910” (p. 93) and “Quilts from 1880-1910 were often dark overall. Because the predominant colors were black, dark blue, deep red, brown, and claret the quilts were usually quite subdued” (p. 100).
This block was donated to the Elizabeth Sage collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin and is described as “other quilt block” on the original Sage Collection documentation card. The date on the documentation card is 1900. This is the origin of the date for the object in this catalog.
This block was not listed in the cataloguing notes by Marlys K. DeBell.
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6058/1988_02_0072v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6058/1988_02_0072v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6058/1988_02_0072v02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"DRUNKARDS PATH","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:40:07","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:35:19"},"sort":["DRUNKARDS PATH"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"qq5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6050","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0037","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Dewey’s Victory, Martha Washington Star, Martha Washington Design, Martha Washington, Octagonal Star, Queen Victoria","BrackmanF011a":"The pattern is Brackman #: 2147 (p. 268-269) and is called “Dewey’s Victory,” “Martha Washington Star,” “Martha Washington Design,” “Martha Washington,” “Octagonal Star,” and “Queen Victoria.”","OverallWidthF12a":"9”","OverallLengthF012b":"9”","PredomColorsF014":["Red","White"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"UniqueF037b":"The block is constructed out of two fabrics. The first fabric is red with a white 3-leaf design printed on it. This same red fabric was used in 1988-02-0039. The second fabric is white with woven, textured white stripes and a printed red stripe design made of thin straight red lines and collections of 9 dots that form a square pattern.","ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The block is constructed out of variously sized triangles, squares, and rectangles to form an 8-pointed star with a pinwheel design in the center of it. Pieced with black and white thread, 14 stitches per inch, and 0.25” seam allowances. The seams are all pressed to one side.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42O.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: Donated to the Elizabeth Sage collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin and described on the Sage collection’s documentation card for number 1970.42O as “other quilt block”. The date on the Sage collection documentation card is 1900. This is the origin of the object date in this catalog.
Marlys K. DeBell identified this block in her May 1989 cataloging notes as a variation on the “pinwheel” design found on p. 430 of William C. Ketchum’s book Quilts (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982).
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6050/1988_02_0037v02.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6050/1988_02_0037v02z.jpg"],"dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"DEWEYS VICTORY MARTHA WASHINGTON STAR MARTHA WASHINGTON DESIGN MARTHA WASHINGTON OCTAGONAL STAR QUEEN VICTORIA","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:49","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:35:19"},"sort":["DEWEYS VICTORY MARTHA WASHINGTON STAR MARTHA WASHINGTON DESIGN MARTHA WASHINGTON OCTAGONAL STAR QUEEN VICTORIA"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"ra5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6053","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0040","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Cups and Saucers","BrackmanF011a":"The pattern in this block is Brackman number 2128 (p.264-265) also called “Double X #4.”","OverallWidthF12a":"9.0”","OverallLengthF012b":"9.25”","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Black","White"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding"],"DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Striped","Dotted"],"UniqueF037b":"The blue fabric with a white design makes up the center square and the “cups and saucers” design in the four corners. The background fabric is white with thin black stripes. This block consists of 37 different patches of fabric. The block is machine pieced with 0.25” seams. The seams are pressed to one side (outward from the center of the block) instead of open. The individual who created this quilt block took care in cutting the striped black and white background fabric in such a way as to have the strips run in a specific direction although it the direction is not consistent in all of the blocks. The purposeful orientation of the stripes is especially apparent in the rectangular patches along all four edges.","ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42K.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: Donated to the Elizabeth Sage collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin and described on the Sage collection’s documentation card for number 1970.42K as “other quilt block”. The date on the Sage collection documentation card is 1900. This is the origin of the object date in this catalog.
In her May, 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell labeled this the “cup and saucer” pattern, referencing p. 111 of Rachel Pellman and Kennth Pellman’s book The World of Amish Quilts (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1984).
The fabric colors in this block are consistent with the date given for the object. According to Trestain: “Dark, somber colors typify the years between 1880 and 1910” (p. 93) and “Quilts from 1880-1910 were often dark overall. Because the predominant colors were black, dark blue, deep red, brown, and claret the quilts were usually quite subdued” (p. 100).
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6053/1988_02_0040v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6053/1988_02_0040v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6053/1988_02_0040v02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CUPS AND SAUCERS","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:57","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CUPS AND SAUCERS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"sK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6056","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0045","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Crowfoot","BrackmanF011a":"Brackman number 1952a and is also known as “Devils Claws”, “Idaho Beauty,” “Corner Star,” “Cross Plains,” “Bright Stars,” and “The Crowfoot” (p. 246-247).","OverallWidthF12a":"10”","OverallLengthF012b":"10”","PredomColorsF014":["Red","Black","White"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains"],"DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"ca. 1885 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Dotted","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"The first fabric is red with black polka-dots and the second is a plain white.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The block is pieced with white thread, 5-6 stitches per inch, and 0.25” or less seam allowance. The seams are pressed to one side instead of open. The patches are variously sized triangles, squares, and rectangles.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Robert Burke. Original Sage Collection number was 19.1680B.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage collection for #19.1680B reads “Quilt Block-Star Pattern c. 1875; Donor: Mrs. Robert Burke.”
The original object tag reads “Qui, 1885--1, Presented by Mrs. Robert E. Burke.”
In her May 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell wrote: “45: Patchwork quilt square: Variation of a ‘Star’ pattern. There are many star designs. I feel this is an original design.” The pattern’s presence, however, in Brackman’s book indicated that this pattern was printed in the Ladies Art company #142. The Ladies Art Company was the first mail order quilt pattern company which was in print by 1895 (or possibly 1889), making this a well known and probably common design around the time it was collected (see Brackman p. 524 and 246). It is probably not an original design as DeBell thought.
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6056/1988_02_0045v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6056/1988_02_0045v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6056/1988_02_0045v02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CROWFOOT","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:40:03","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CROWFOOT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"wq5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6074","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"2005-11-0001","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OwnerNameF010":"Crib Quilt","AltNameF011":"Four Patch","BrackmanF011a":"Brackman number 1101 and do not have any alternative names (p.156-157).","OverallWidthF12a":"22.5\"","OverallLengthF012b":"27.5\"","PredomColorsF014":["Black","Blue"],"OverallColorF14b":["Two color"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains"],"DateQuiltF023":"1950-1975","FamDateF023c":"early 1970s owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"3 pieced blocks, 2 plain blocks","SizeBlockF027":"3.5\"","ArrangeBlockF028":"On point or rotated on 45 degrees","SpacingF029":["Alternating with plain squares"],"NumBordersF033":"2","BordDescF034":"The inner border is blue and is 2\" wide. It is quilted with blue thread with sets of 2 diagonal parallel lines. The quilted lines switch the direction of their slant at the center point on each side of the border. The outer border is black and is 4\" wide. It is quilted in black thread with a 4-petal flower, vine, and leaf design. There are two leaves on the vine in-between each flower. This quilting design turns the corners of the quilt.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain"],"ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Maroon"],"NumPiecesF042":"1","DescBackF043":["Solid/plain"],"UniqueBindF045a":"It is a different blue than that used in the blocks and inner border.","ConstrucBindF046":["Separate binding applied","Straight grain","Front turned to back","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":".5\"","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"Blue thread on the blue patches and black thread in the black patches","NumStitchedF050":"6","NumStitchF051":"7","DesignF052d":"The solid black blocks contain hand-quilted 7-petal flower designs done in black thread. The four-patch blocks contain 2 parallel quilted lines in each of the four patches. There are half-flowers quilted in the black triangles used to set the design on point. The corner triangles are quilted with an echo quilted triangle approximately 0.25\" from each edge of the patch.","QuiltTopF054":"Yoder, Verna","LocMadeF057a":"Apple Creek","ProvCountyF057b":"Holmes","ProvStateF057d":"Ohio (OH)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","ProvenanceF058a":"2005 VENDOR [Deanna Davis]: purchased for her private collection, dates from early 1970s; 2009 RECAT [Janice Frisch]: purchased for the \"What is Culture?\" exhibit via e-bay in 2005, see doc. B5 in document file","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"ExhibitListF067a":"What is Culture?","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"Amish","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nAccording to the notes on the Mathers Museum Acquistion Recommendation - Curatorial Review form in the file this quilt was purchased because: "Amish quilts are an important folk art form in the US, to date unrepresented in the Mathers' quilt collection. As a subculture within the American landscape, the Amish are careful which elements of mainstream culture they adopt, and which they reject. The quilts reflect this in that they make use of widely-available fabrics, and a bought by non-Amish. This quilt was made ca. 1970 in Ohio by an Amish woman, then acquired by a collector/dealer, apparently not used as a quilt. Acquired for "What Is Culture?" exhibit. \r\n \r\nThe e-bay listing for this quilt in 2005 reads as follows: "Vintage AMISH CRIB QUILT Ohio Vibrant Colors NR \r\n \r\nThis is a charming 23" by 27" crib or baby quilt that was made near Apple Creek, Ohio by the Old Order Amish. Apple Creek is located in Holmes County, Ohio which has the largest Amish population in the world! Even larger than Lancaster, Pennsylvania! I used to sell Amish made items at antique shows and this is from my own collection. IT dates from the early 1970s and was made by Verna Yoder. \r\n \r\nColors are very vibrant. Quilt is in excellent condition and has not been washed. Pieces of fabric have been machine stitched on a treadle machine and all quilting and binding are done by hand. It has 8 to 10 stitches per inch." \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nBrackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 2005 CAT: Ariel Weinberg/E. Sieber; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6074/2005_11_0001v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6074/2005_11_0001v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6074/2005_11_0001d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6074/2005_11_0001d02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRIB QUILT","Maker":"[\"YODER, VERNA\"]","Date":"1950-1975","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:38","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRIB QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"tK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6060","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"2005-12-0001","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OwnerNameF010":"crib quilt","AltNameF011":"Horizontal Stripes","OverallWidthF12a":"30.5”","OverallLengthF012b":"31.5”","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Red","Purple","Gray"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Tears or holes"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Red"],"DescBackF043":["Solid/plain"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"DesignF052d":"Diamond pattern with flower pattern blocks at corners.","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"Amish","essay":"Cataloging History: 2005 CAT: Ariel Weinberg/E. Sieber; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRIB QUILT","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:40:11","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRIB QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"u65mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6067","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0011","TypeObjF008":"Quilt top with unfinished edge","OwnerNameF010":"Crazy quilt top","OverallWidthF12a":"77\"","OverallLengthF012b":"85.75\"","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Tears or holes","Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"A few of the silk pieces are also cracking.","RepairsF017":["Patched with period fabrics"],"ContInscripF020":"Third Annual Meeting of the Third District Rathbone Sisters. Andrews, Ind., October 28, 1897. Third Annual Meeting of the Third District Rathbone Sisters. Andrews, Ind., October 28, 1897. District Meeting I.O.O.F., Encampment, Wabash, Ind. April 5, 1898. National Greenback Labor Ticket. For President J.B. Weaver, of Iowa. For Vice President B.J. Chambers, of Texas. Equal and Exact Justice for All. Franklin Lodge No. 107. Knights of Pythias. F.C.B. Pacific, MO.","DateInscripF020a":"1897","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"20 full, 5 half blocks","SizeBlockF027":"15\" x 15\"","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"BlockStyleF030a":["Squares"],"NumBordersF033":"1","BordDescF034":"5\". The border on the quilt top is mitered at the edges and also does not contain any special designs. The border contains one commemorative ribbon located at the seam between blocks 11 and 16. The ribbon is orange with black lettering and reads: \"Franklin Lodge No. 107\" above a seal with the words \"Knights of Pythias. F.C.B.\" which is located above the following words \"Pacific, MO.\" On the two shorter edges the border was foundation pieced to a red cotton(?) fabric with a black floral design. One of the borders on the longer edge was foundation pieced to a black piece of cotton with a yellow and green printed geometric design. The other longer border was foundation pieced to two different pieces of fabric: a cream pieces of fabric with a red, pink, and green rose and leaf design; and a shorter pieces of the same black cotton fabric with the yellow and green printed geometric pattern found on the parallel border.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Silk"],"FabricTypeF036":["Satin","Velvet"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Plaid","Solid/plain","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"The fabrics used in this top are mostly silks, many of which are also found in the 9 single crazy quilt blocks made by Lydia that are also in the museum's collection. One prominent fabric that is found in almost all of the blocks in this top but that is not in any of the single blocks is a purple silk with a white floral design. Brocade, commemorative ribbons. Many of the blocks contain one of the following design elements: a fan, a circle, a horseshoe, or commemorative ribbons. The following list corresponds to a hand-drawn diagram of the top with the half blocks located to the right when facing the quilt from the bottom. 1. Full block with no special design. 2. Full block with a white commemorative ribbon with black writing that reads: \"Third Annual Meeting of the Third District Rathbone Sisters. Andrews, Ind., October 28, 1897\". 3. Full Block with a circle design with 20 \"spokes\" radiating from a small central circle embellished with an embroidered design. 4. Full block with no special design. 5. Half block with no special design. 6. Full block with no special design. 7. Full block with a fan design consisting of 18 pieces radiating from a green central half circle of fabric embellished with an embroidered design. 8. Full block with no special design. 9. Full block with a fan design consisting of 15 pieces radiating from a yellow, pink, green, and cream watercolor silk half circle. 10. Half block with no special design. 11. Full block with a fan design consisting of 16 pieces radiating from a brown central half circle of fabric embellished with four embroidered pink dots. 12. Full block containing three commemorative ribbons: 1) a yellow ribbon with black writing that reads: \"Third Annual Meeting of the Third District Rathbone Sisters. Andrews, Ind., October 28, 1897\". 2) A purple ribbon with gold(?) writing that reads: \"District Meeting I.O.O.F., Encampment, Wabash, Ind. April 5, 1898\". 3) A green ribbon with black writing that reads: \"National Greenback Labor Ticket. For President J.B. Weaver, of Iowa. For Vice President B.J. Chambers, of Texas. Equal and Exact Justice for All\" [this ribbon may have been dated but the bottom portion of it is cut off]. 13. Full block with a fan design consisting of 21 pieces radiating from a yellow, pink, green, and cream watercolor silk half circle embellished with a green embroidered design. 14. Full block with no special design. 15. Half block with a fan design or full circle cut off at the edges of the block consisting of 17 pieces radiating from a central tan half circle embellished with a green embroidered design. 16. Full block containing an orange horseshoe, possibly cut from a hat liner. The only visible words on the horseshoe fabrics read \"Extra Quality\" inside a banner above the tip of a logo. 17. Full block with a fan design consisting of 19 pieces radiating from a peach central half-circle embellished with a blue embroidered design. 18. Full block containing a white silk horseshoe. 19. Full block with a fan design consisting of 19 pieces radiating from a \"handle\" of purple silk with a white floral design. 20. Half block with no special design. Three flowers embroidered on a pink patch. 21. Full block with a small fan design consisting of 11 pieces radiating from a cream half circle embellished with a red embroidered design. 22. Full block with no special design. 23. Full block with a fan design consisting of 17 pieces radiating from a central blue half-circle embellished with an embroidered gold floral motif. 24. Full block containing a white silk horseshoe, possibly cut from a hat liner. A design can be seen on each side of the center of the horseshoe but the wording and full design has been cut out. This block also contains a small cotton square with \"Iva\", the name of the maker's daughter, written on it in pencil. The square is loosely tacked on to the top, probably to facilitate easy removal. 25. Half block with no special design.","ConstrucF038":["Foundation Piecing","Hand Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"All of the blocks and the border are foundation pieced by hand to a cotton backing fabric with 3-4 stitches per inch. The blocks and border were then machine pieced together to form the top. The seam lines within and between the blocks are embellished with embroidery done in the feather stitch (Barnden p. 81) in yellow, orange, pink, blue, green, purple, white, red, and tan thread. The seam lines between the central blocks and the border are not embroidered and only two of the four mitered corners in the border are embroidered. Large pieces of solid colored silk within the blocks also contain small and simple embroidered designs in floral or X shapes. The blocks are all foundation pieced to pieces of the same black and white cotton fabric. Seams between the blocks are pressed open while the seams between the blocks and the border are pressed to one side.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"OtherFabF040a":"The knots for the embroidery thread are also highly visible on the back of the foundation fabrics.","UniqueBindF045a":"Some of the edges of the top are basted to the foundation fabric but most of the edges are unfinished and are beginning to fray.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Leverton, Lydia Jane Mankin","ProvCountyF057b":"Huntington","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar's Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin, the maker's daughter. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42A.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThe I.O.O.F. in the commemorative ribbon in block #12 stands for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization that "began in 18th century England, [when] it was deemed odd to find people organized for the purpose of giving aid to those in need without recognition and pursuing projects for the benefits of all mankind" (http://www.ioof.org). The organization began operating in the United States and Canada in 1819. \r\n \r\nThe Order of Knights of Pythias named on the commemorative ribbon in the border refers to "an international, non-sectarian fraternal order, established in 1864 in Washington, DC, by Justus H. Rathbone and was the first fraternal order to be chartered by an Act of Congress." according to the group's official website (http://www.pythias.org). \r\n \r\nThe Rathbone Sisters are an "auxiliary but unofficial branch of Pythianism" (Stevens p.281) They were originally called the Pythian Sisters but changed their name to the Rathbone Sisters in 1894 when they were in danger of loosing their honorary male members as the Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias "had declined to permit Knights of Pythias to become or remain members of any organization using the word Pythian, not under the control of the Supreme Lodge." (Stevens p. 281) \r\n \r\nAccording to Wikipedia: The Greenback Party was "founded at a meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 25, 1874." In 1880 the party ran James Baird Weaver for President and Benjamin J. Chambers for Vice President of the United States, with a platform that included "support for an income tax, an eight hour day, and allowing women the right to vote." The party was no longer a force in American politics by 1884 \r\n \r\n(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Greenback_Party) \r\n \r\nFrom p. 100-101 of Trestain: "The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated. \r\n \r\nCrazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates...These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used. \r\n \r\nOrnate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties." \r\n \r\nFrom p. 101 of Trestain: "Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding." \r\n \r\nThe original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 70.42A reads: "Historical Artifacts, "Crazy Quilt", 1900, 86 X 78, A large unfinished quilt with extra blocks [these are 1988-02-0025, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0029, 1988-02-0030, 1988-02-0031, 1988-02-0032, 1988-02-0033, 1988-02-0034, 1988-02-0042]. Made of pieces of satin, brocade, silk, etc. that were from dresses or pieces of lodge name tags. The patches were sewn together by machine and outline by hand stitching. A very colorful and luxurious article made by Lydia Jane M[an]kin Leverton." \r\n \r\nThe original object tag from the Elizabeth Sage Collection reads: "1970.42 "Crazy Quilt" 1900 Kirwin \r\n \r\nIn her cataloging notes of May 1989 Marlys K. DeBell writes: "11. "Crazy" Quilt: Made of elegant multicolored scraps of silk and velvet and finished with decorative embroidery stitches. The "Crazy" quilt was an American phenomenon--1880 to 1920--during the Victorian era. Besides silk and velvet, the quilts were also made of cotton or wool scraps." \r\n \r\nAccording to information found on Ancestry.com: \r\nLydia Jane Mankin Leverton was born November 1861 in Huntington County, Indiana. Her father's name was Henry Mankin and he was born in Germany. Her father worked on a canal boat in 1870 and as a farmer in 1880. Her mother's name was Martha and she was born in Ohio. \r\n \r\nIn 1870 Lydia was living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. In June of 1880 she was still living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. She married James Leverton in November 1880 in Huntington, Indiana. \r\n \r\nIn November 1881 Lydia had her first child, a daughter named Iva M. Leverton (donor of this object). In June of 1882 she had her second child, a son named Elmer R. Leverton. In June of 1884 she had her third child, a son named J. Ed. or Edward J. Leverton. In May 1891 she had her fourth and last child, a son named Ralph O. Leverton. \r\n \r\nFrom 1897-1898 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children. Her husband was employed as a sheriff. In 1900 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children and her husband worked as the proprietor of a feed barn. Also in 1900 all four of Lydia and James' children were in school. In 1910 Lydia lived in Huntington Co, Indiana with her husband, children, and widowed mother-in-law. Also in 1910 her husband worked as an auctioneer in public sales, while her son Elmer worked as a dentist, her son J. Ed worked as a railroad clerk, and her son Ralph worked as a house electrician. In 1920 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as an autioneer. And in 1930 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as a street commissioner with the city. \r\n \r\nSee document file for family details on Iva Kirwin (donor and daughter of the maker). \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nBarnden, Betty. 2003. The Embroidery Stitch Bible. (Iola, WI: Krause Publications). \r\n \r\nStevens, Albert C, ed. 1907. The Cyclopaedia of Fraternities. (New York: E.B. Treat and Company.) Accessed via google books on July 14, 2009. \r\n \r\nTrestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nFamily information from Ancestry.com and the United States census accessed through Ancestry.com May 28, 2009 \r\n \r\nThe Sovereign Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows Website, http://www.ioof.org, accessed May 28, 2009. \r\n \r\nOrder of Knights of Pythias Website,http://www.pythias.org, accessed July 14, 2009. \r\n \r\nWikipedia page on the National Greenback Labor Party, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Greenback_Party, accessed July 14, 2009. \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6067/1988_02_0011v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6067/1988_02_0011v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6067/1988_02_0011v03.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT TOP","Maker":"[\"LEVERTON, LYDIA JANE MANKIN\"]","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:37","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT TOP"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"PK5mWZEB8akQsUweMXoN","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-2867","InstNameF003":["Indiana State Museum"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"CB282","DateDataF006b":"4/9/1988","locationF007f":"Columbus","TypeObjOtherF008a":"Comforter","OwnerNameF010":"Crazy Quilt Comforter","OverallWidthF12a":"1780 mm","OverallLengthF012b":"1920 mm","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Black"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"DateInfoF023f":"c1910","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"OtherSpaceF029a":"crazy, contained, vertical strips","FabPrintF037":["Multiple scrap"],"UniqueF037b":"Velour, tapestry","UniqueF038h":"Feather stitched.","ConstrucBindF046":["Edges turned in/ no separate binding"],"QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"601 E. 8th Street","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Indiana State Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2867/CB-282.jpg"],"dateverified":"2015-12-01","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT COMFORTER","Date":"c1910","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for digital humanities and social sciences and the Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"CB282.jpg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"68-104-46A","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 04:20:20","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:04"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT COMFORTER"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"vK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6068","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0024","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"15\"","OverallLengthF012b":"17\"","PredomColorsF014":["Black","Blue","Brown","Green","Peach","Red","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Disintegration of fabric","Quilting thread broken or ties missing","Stains","Tears or holes","Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The block is unfinished or missing a piece in one corner where the foundation fabric is visible on the front of the block. Small holes show evidence that there was a patch in this corner at one time.","OtherRepairsF017a":"Patched with new fabrics?","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"ca. 1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Silk"],"FabricTypeF036":["Velvet"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"Muslin? There is a brown patch on one edge that has a cream colored leaf or tree-like design (same fabric found in 1988-02-0043); a piece that is a textured cream and light blue-green stripes created by the weave (also found in 1988-02-0043); a piece a cream silk with a purple floral design; one pink and black plaid; and one gold and tan striped silk.","ConstrucF038":["Foundation Piecing","Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"It is constructed out of irregularly shaped patches that are hand sewn onto the foundation with black and white thread. The hand stitches are inconsistantly sized with some being very small (part of a whip stitch) and other up to 0.25\" long (running stitches).","OtherFabF040a":"Muslin","ColorBackingF040b":["White"],"NumPiecesF042":"1","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"FeaturesF053":"This block contains some of the same fabrics, foundation fabric, and construction style as 1988-02-0043 and was probably made by the same person around the same time. ","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar's Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Nat Hill. Original Sage Collection number was 19.598.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nFrom p. 100 of Trestain: "The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated." \r\n \r\nFrom p. 100-101 of Trestain: "Ornate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties." \r\n \r\nFrom p. 101 of Trestain: "Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding." \r\n \r\nThe original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 19.598 reads "Two quilt blocks made around 1900 from many small pieces of material. Donor: Mrs. Nat Hill." This block was set with 1988-02-0024 as they both have the original number of 19.598 on the original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage collection. \r\n \r\nThe original object tag from the Elizabeth Sage collection reads: "19.598 Quilt Blocks Circa 1900 Mrs. Nat Hill" \r\n \r\nThis block was identified simply as a "crazy quilt square" by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she "could not find adequate research material." \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTrestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6068/1988_02_0024v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6068/1988_02_0024v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6068/1988_02_0024d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6068/1988_02_0024d02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:37","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"va5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6069","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0029","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"Crazy quilt block","AltNameF011":"Crazy Fan block","OverallWidthF12a":"14.5\"","OverallLengthF012b":"14.5\"","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges of the block are beginning to fray. ","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FabPrintF037":["Floral","Geometric","Plaid","Solid/plain","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"silk cotton? The patterned fabrics include: a green and cream striped fabric with a pink and black geometric pattern in two of the stripes; a blue and green striped geometric patterned fabric with circles and other curved shapes woven in to it (this fabric). Other fabrics in the block that are not part of the fan design include a red and white woven floral and swirl design; two patches of solid black; a solid red fabric; a purple fabric with white dots; a solid burgundy with a white stripe along the selvedge; a pale yellow fabric with a watercolor-like floral design in pink, yellow, and green (also found in 1988-02-0011 and 1988-02-0031); a pale pink fabric; a solid cream fabric; and a green striped fabric (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0025, and 1988-02-0032). The pale pink and solid cream colored fabrics allow the design of the foundation fabric to show through to the front because they are light colored and a thin weave.","ConstrucF038":["Foundation Piecing","Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"The patches are sewn to the foundation with yellow thread and 4-5 stitches per inch. The top of the block contains a central \"fan\" design constructed out of 17 pieces of fabric. The block is embellished with decorative embroidery over the seam lines in red, yellow, white, and dark blue thread in variations on the feather stitch (Barnden p.81). The outline of the fan is embroidered entirely in yellow thread except for the bottom of the fan which is done in read thread. All four corner patches are tacked to the foundation fabric with a few hand stitches in white thread.","OtherFabF040a":"This block was foundation pieced by hand on to a cream fabric with printed red, brown, blue, gold and yellow floral design. The design on the foundation fabric includes a lotus flower.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Leverton, Lydia Jane Mankin","ProvCountyF057b":"Huntington","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar's Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin, the maker's daughter. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42I.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nFrom p. 100-101 of Trestain: "The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated. \r\n \r\nCrazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates...These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used. \r\n \r\nOrnate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties." \r\n \r\nFrom p. 101 of Trestain: "Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding." \r\n \r\nThe original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 70.42I reads: "Crazy Quilt Blocks," "Donor: Mrs. Iva Kirwin," "Textile, Quilt Blocks, 1900." \r\n \r\nThe maker's name for this block (Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton) is given on the documentation card for Sage #1970.42A (1988-02-0011) a crazy quilt top with the same fabrics and construction style as this block. \r\n \r\nThis block is identified simply as "crazy quilt square" by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she "could not find adequate research material." \r\n \r\nAccording to information found on Ancestry.com: \r\nLydia Jane Mankin Leverton was born November 1861 in Huntington County, Indiana. Her father's name was Henry Mankin and he was born in Germany. Her father worked on a canal boat in 1870 and as a farmer in 1880. Her mother's name was Martha and she was born in Ohio. \r\n \r\nIn 1870 Lydia was living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. In June of 1880 she was still living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. She married James Leverton in November 1880 in Huntington, Indiana. \r\n \r\nIn November 1881 Lydia had her first child, a daughter named Iva M. Leverton (donor of this object). In June of 1882 she had her second child, a son named Elmer R. Leverton. In June of 1884 she had her third child, a son named J. Ed. or Edward J. Leverton. In May 1891 she had her fourth and last child, a son named Ralph O. Leverton. \r\n \r\nFrom 1897-1898 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children. Her husband was employed as a sheriff. In 1900 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children and her husband worked as the proprietor of a feed barn. Also in 1900 all four of Lydia and James' children were in school. In 1910 Lydia lived in Huntington Co, Indiana with her husband, children, and widowed mother-in-law. Also in 1910 her husband worked as an auctioneer in public sales, while her son Elmer worked as a dentist, her son J. Ed worked as a railroad clerk, and her son Ralph worked as a house electrician. In 1920 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as an autioneer. And in 1930 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as a street commissioner with the city. \r\n \r\nSee document file for family details on Iva Kirwin (donor and daughter of the maker). \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nBarnden, Betty. 2003. The Embroidery Stitch Bible. (Iola, WI: Krause Publications). \r\n \r\nTrestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nFamily information from Ancestry.com and the United States census accessed through Ancestry.com May 28, 2009 \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6069/1988_02_0029v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6069/1988_02_0029v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6069/1988_02_0029v02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6069/1988_02_0029d02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Maker":"[\"LEVERTON, LYDIA JANE MANKIN\"]","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:37","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"vq5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6070","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0034","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"14.5\"","OverallLengthF012b":"14.5\"","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains","Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Silk"],"FabricTypeF036":["Velvet"],"FabPrintF037":["Geometric","Solid/plain","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"The top of the block is constructed out of a variety of different fabric patches. Patterned fabrics include: a gray and cream striped silk; a red, orange, and cream striped fabric with a woven circle design; a brown velvet with a woven flower and a machine embroidered flower that was probably part of the original flower design; two brocades with floral patterns; a blue and cream striped fabric (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0030, and 1988-02-0042); and a blue fabric with thin black stripes. Solid colored fabrics include: green, purple, black, burgundy, and yellow.","ConstrucF038":["Foundation Piecing","Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"This block was foundation pieced with brown thread and 4-6 stitches per inch. The block is embellished with decorative embroidery along the seam lines in red, pink, white, yellow, dark blue, and blue/green thread in two variations on the feather stitch (Barnden p. 81).","ColorBackingF040b":["Black"],"NumPiecesF042":"4","WidthPiecesF042a":"The four pieces are 12\" wide, 10.5\" wide, 7.5\" wide, and 7\" wide.","DescBackF043":["Machine sewn","Solid/plain"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Leverton, Lydia Jane Mankin","ProvCountyF057b":"Huntington","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar's Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin, the maker's daughter. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42C.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nFrom p. 100-101 of Trestain: "The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated. \r\n \r\nCrazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates...These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used. \r\n \r\nOrnate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties." \r\n \r\nFrom p. 101 of Trestain: "Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding." \r\n \r\nThe original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 70.42C reads: "Crazy Quilt Blocks," "Donor: Mrs. Iva Kirwin," "Textile, Quilt Blocks, 1900." \r\n \r\nThe maker's name for this block (Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton) is given on the documentation card for Sage #1970.42A (1988-02-0011) a crazy quilt top with the same fabrics and construction style as this block. \r\n \r\nThis block is identified simply as "crazy quilt square" by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she "could not find adequate research material." \r\n \r\nAccording to information found on Ancestry.com: \r\nLydia Jane Mankin Leverton was born November 1861 in Huntington County, Indiana. Her father's name was Henry Mankin and he was born in Germany. Her father worked on a canal boat in 1870 and as a farmer in 1880. Her mother's name was Martha and she was born in Ohio. \r\n \r\nIn 1870 Lydia was living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. In June of 1880 she was still living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. She married James Leverton in November 1880 in Huntington, Indiana. \r\n \r\nIn November 1881 Lydia had her first child, a daughter named Iva M. Leverton (donor of this object). In June of 1882 she had her second child, a son named Elmer R. Leverton. In June of 1884 she had her third child, a son named J. Ed. or Edward J. Leverton. In May 1891 she had her fourth and last child, a son named Ralph O. Leverton. \r\n \r\nFrom 1897-1898 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children. Her husband was employed as a sheriff. In 1900 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children and her husband worked as the proprietor of a feed barn. Also in 1900 all four of Lydia and James' children were in school. In 1910 Lydia lived in Huntington Co, Indiana with her husband, children, and widowed mother-in-law. Also in 1910 her husband worked as an auctioneer in public sales, while her son Elmer worked as a dentist, her son J. Ed worked as a railroad clerk, and her son Ralph worked as a house electrician. In 1920 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as an autioneer. And in 1930 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as a street commissioner with the city. \r\n \r\nSee document file for family details on Iva Kirwin (donor and daughter of the maker). \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nBarnden, Betty. 2003. The Embroidery Stitch Bible. (Iola, WI: Krause Publications). \r\n \r\nTrestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nFamily information from Ancestry.com and the United States census accessed through Ancestry.com May 28, 2009 \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6070/1988_02_0034d01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6070/1988_02_0034d01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6070/1988_02_0034d02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Maker":"[\"LEVERTON, LYDIA JANE MANKIN\"]","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:37","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"pK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6044","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0030","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"crazy quilt block","AltNameF011":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"14.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"14.5”","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding","Tears or holes"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"silk cotton? The top of the block is predominantly made up of solid colored fabric patches in peach, black, gray, cream, navy blue, red, irredecent purple/blue, and green (this fabric is also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0025, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0029, 1988-02-0031, and 1988-02-0032). Patterned fabrics in this block include a black and gray striped fabric (which contains a few holes); a navy blue fabric with red and yellow stripes and a woven blue leaf or clover design (also found in 1988-02-0025); a tan colored fabric with multicolored woven stripes (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0029, 1988-02-0032, and 1988-02-0033); a blue and green striped fabric with circles and other curved shapes woven into it (also found in 1988-02-0025 and 1988-02-0029); and one black fabric with a woven leaf-like design. The solid colored pink fabric and cream fabric are light enough in color and have a thin enough weave that one is able to see through them to view the construction of the block.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Foundation Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"Two embroidered flowers appliquéd in the center. The flowers appears to have either been cut out of another fabric or purchased as stand alone pieces and were then hand appliquéd onto the patch with yellow thread. This block was foundation pieced by hand with yellow thread onto a cream colored fabric with a blue rose and leaf design. There are 4-5 stitches per inch. The block is embellished with decorative embroidery along every seam line in pink, red, green, blue/green, light blue, and yellow thread. All embroidery is the feather stitch (Barnden p. 81) and spans the seam lines. One corner patch was hand tacked to the foundation fabric with a few stitches of white thread. Another corner is basted down to the foundation fabric with large hand stitches.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Leverton, Lydia Jane Mankin","ProvCountyF057b":"Huntington","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin, the maker’s daughter. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42H.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: From p. 100-101 of Trestain: “The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated.
Crazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates...These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used.
Ornate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties.”
From p. 101 of Trestain: “Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding.”
The original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 70.42H reads: “‘Crazy’ Quilt Blocks,” “Donor: Mrs. Iva Kirwin,” “Textile, Quilt Blocks, 1900.”
The maker’s name for this block (Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton) is given on the documentation card for Sage #1970.42A (1988-02-0011) a crazy quilt top with the same fabrics and construction style as this block.
This block is identified simply as “crazy quilt square” by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she “could not find adequate research material.”
According to information found on Ancestry.com: Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton was born November 1861 in Huntington County, Indiana. Her father’s name was Henry Mankin and he was born in Germany. Her father worked on a canal boat in 1870 and as a farmer in 1880. Her mother’s name was Martha and she was born in Ohio.
In 1870 Lydia was living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. In June of 1880 she was still living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. She married James Leverton in November 1880 in Huntington, Indiana.
In November 1881 Lydia had her first child, a daughter named Iva M. Leverton (donor of this object). In June of 1882 she had her second child, a son named Elmer R. Leverton. In June of 1884 she had her third child, a son named J. Ed. or Edward J. Leverton. In May 1891 she had her fourth and last child, a son named Ralph O. Leverton.
From 1897-1898 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children. Her husband was employed as a sheriff. In 1900 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children and her husband worked as the proprietor of a feed barn. Also in 1900 all four of Lydia and James’ children were in school. In 1910 Lydia lived in Huntington Co, Indiana with her husband, children, and widowed mother-in-law. Also in 1910 her husband worked as an auctioneer in public sales, while her son Elmer worked as a dentist, her son J. Ed worked as a railroad clerk, and her son Ralph worked as a house electrician. In 1920 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as an autioneer. And in 1930 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as a street commissioner with the city.
See document file for family details on Iva Kirwin (donor and daughter of the maker).
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Family information from Ancestry.com and the United States census accessed through Ancestry.com May 28, 2009
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6044/1988_02_0030v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6044/1988_02_0030v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6044/1988_02_0030d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6044/1988_02_0030v02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6044/1988_02_0030d02.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Maker":"[\"LEVERTON, LYDIA JANE MANKIN\"]","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:33","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"pa5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6045","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0031","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"crazy quilt block","AltNameF011":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"14.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"14.5”","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding","Stains"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FabPrintF037":["Floral","Striped","Dotted","Plaid","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"Silk cotton? The top of the block is constructed from a variety of fabrics. Patterned fabrics include: a pale yellow fabric with a watercolor-like floral design in pink, yellow, and green (also found in 1988-02-0011 and 1988-02-0029); a navy blue and light blue striped fabric; a red fabric with black woven polka dots; a light blue and cream striped fabric (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0034, and 1988-02-0042); a blue, red, and cream woven plaid; a brown fabric with pink, white, blue, and green woven stripes and one line of brown machine stitches; and what was probably a pale pink or peach colored fabric with brown and orange stripes and an orange oval design woven in it. Solid colored fabrics include: black, dark blue, yellow, red, cream, burgundy, gray/green, a textured blue, and green (this fabric also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0025, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0029, 1988-02-0030, and 1988-02-0032). Black patch has a thin weave that makes it possible to see through the the fabrics underneath it.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Foundation Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"The center black patch also contains an embroidered green leaf design but it is unclear as to whether this embroidery was part of the fabric originally or if it was added by the maker of the block.. This block was foundation pieced by hand with brown and yellow thread and 4-5 stitches per inch. The block is also embellished with decorative embroidery along every seam line in pink, yellow, brown, light blue, red, and yellow/gold thread. Embroidery stitches along the seam lines include the feather stitch (Barnden p. 81), the long-armed feather stitch (Barnden p. 81) the double-feather stitch (Barnden p. 85), and the triple-feather stitch. Two corners of the block are hand tacked to the foundation fabric with white thread.","OtherFabF040a":"This foundation is a blue cotton(?) fabric with brown and yellow. The foundation fabric has some black threads in it from previous hand sewing but these threads do not go through to the top of the block.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Leverton, Lydia Jane Mankin","ProvCountyF057b":"Huntington","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin, the maker’s daughter. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42F.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: From p. 100-101 of Trestain: “The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated.
Crazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates...These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used.
Ornate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties.”
From p. 101 of Trestain: “Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding.”
The original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 70.42F reads: “‘Crazy’ Quilt Blocks,” “Donor: Mrs. Iva Kirwin,” “Textile, Quilt Blocks, 1900.”
The maker’s name for this block (Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton) is given on the documentation card for Sage #1970.42A (1988-02-0011) a crazy quilt top with the same fabrics and construction style as this block.
This block is identified simply as “crazy quilt square” by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she “could not find adequate research material.”
According to information found on Ancestry.com: Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton was born November 1861 in Huntington County, Indiana. Her father’s name was Henry Mankin and he was born in Germany. Her father worked on a canal boat in 1870 and as a farmer in 1880. Her mother’s name was Martha and she was born in Ohio.
In 1870 Lydia was living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. In June of 1880 she was still living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. She married James Leverton in November 1880 in Huntington, Indiana.
In November 1881 Lydia had her first child, a daughter named Iva M. Leverton (donor of this object). In June of 1882 she had her second child, a son named Elmer R. Leverton. In June of 1884 she had her third child, a son named J. Ed. or Edward J. Leverton. In May 1891 she had her fourth and last child, a son named Ralph O. Leverton.
From 1897-1898 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children. Her husband was employed as a sheriff. In 1900 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children and her husband worked as the proprietor of a feed barn. Also in 1900 all four of Lydia and James’ children were in school. In 1910 Lydia lived in Huntington Co, Indiana with her husband, children, and widowed mother-in-law. Also in 1910 her husband worked as an auctioneer in public sales, while her son Elmer worked as a dentist, her son J. Ed worked as a railroad clerk, and her son Ralph worked as a house electrician. In 1920 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as an autioneer. And in 1930 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as a street commissioner with the city.
See document file for family details on Iva Kirwin (donor and daughter of the maker).
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Family information from Ancestry.com and the United States census accessed through Ancestry.com May 28, 2009
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6045/1988_02_0031v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6045/1988_02_0031v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6045/1988_02_0031d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6045/1988_02_0031d02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Maker":"[\"LEVERTON, LYDIA JANE MANKIN\"]","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:36","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"p65mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6047","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0033","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"crazy quilt block","AltNameF011":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"14.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"14.75”","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray.","ContInscripF020":"Souvenir, First Annual I.O.O.F. Picnic, Huntington County, Indiana, Aug. 31, 1905","DateInscripF020a":"1905","DateQuiltF023":"1901-1929","FamDateF023c":"1905 artif-dt","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Silk","Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"The top of the block contains a red commemorative ribbon in the center which reads: “Souvenir, First Annual I.O.O.F. Picnic, Huntington County, Indiana, Aug. 31, 1905”. Patterned fabrics used in this block include: a blue silk with a white floral design (fabric also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0029, and 1988-02-0032); a tan colored fabric with a multicolored woven stripe pattern (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0029, 1988-03-0030, and 1988-03-0032); a blue fabric with darker blue half moon shaped designs (reversed in 1988-02-0032); a black fabric with thin blue stripes; a brown fabric with a woven red floral design; and a brown fabric with a red, cream, and blue abstract, woven line design. Solid colored fabrics used in the block include: red; brown; pink; black; gray; green; bright pink; and a cream colored textured fabric with woven lines.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Foundation Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"The patches in the top are sewn to the foundation fabric with yellow thread and 4-5 stitches per inch. The block is embellished with decorative embroidery along every seam line in red, pink, yellow, light blue, blue/green, and cream colored thread in two variations on the feather stitch (Barnden p. 81). The large redish-brown corner piece is hand tack t o the foundation fabric with white thread.","OtherFabF040a":"Pink fabric with a cream and tan floral pattern printed on it.","ColorBackingF040b":["Pink","Cream"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Leverton, Lydia Jane Mankin","ProvCountyF057b":"Huntington","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin, the maker’s daughter. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42D.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The I.O.O.F. in the commemorative ribbon stands for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization that “began in 18th century England, [when] it was deemed odd to find people organized for the purpose of giving aid to those in need without recognition and pursuing projects for the benefits of all mankind” (http://www.ioof.org). The organization began operating in the United States and Canada in 1819.
The date for this quilt block comes from the date on the commemorative ribbon but it may have been made later than 1905.
From p. 100-101 of Trestain: “The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated.
Crazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates...These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used.
Ornate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties.”
From p. 101 of Trestain: “Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding.”
The original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 70.42D reads: “‘Crazy’ Quilt Blocks,” “Donor: Mrs. Iva Kirwin,” “Textile, Quilt Blocks, 1900.”
The maker’s name for this block (Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton) is given on the documentation card for Sage #1970.42A (1988-02-0011) a crazy quilt top with the same fabrics and construction style as this block.
This block is identified simply as “crazy quilt square” by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she “could not find adequate research material.”
According to information found on Ancestry.com: Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton was born November 1861 in Huntington County, Indiana. Her father’s name was Henry Mankin and he was born in Germany. Her father worked on a canal boat in 1870 and as a farmer in 1880. Her mother’s name was Martha and she was born in Ohio.
\nIn 1870 Lydia was living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. In June of 1880 she was still living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. She married James Leverton in November 1880 in Huntington, Indiana.
In November 1881 Lydia had her first child, a daughter named Iva M. Leverton (donor of this object). In June of 1882 she had her second child, a son named Elmer R. Leverton. In June of 1884 she had her third child, a son named J. Ed. or Edward J. Leverton. In May 1891 she had her fourth and last child, a son named Ralph O. Leverton.
From 1897-1898 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children. Her husband was employed as a sheriff. In 1900 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children and her husband worked as the proprietor of a feed barn. Also in 1900 all four of Lydia and James’ children were in school. In 1910 Lydia lived in Huntington Co, Indiana with her husband, children, and widowed mother-in-law. Also in 1910 her husband worked as an auctioneer in public sales, while her son Elmer worked as a dentist, her son J. Ed worked as a railroad clerk, and her son Ralph worked as a house electrician. In 1920 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as an autioneer. And in 1930 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as a street commissioner with the city.
See document file for family details on Iva Kirwin (donor and daughter of the maker).
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Family information from Ancestry.com and the United States census accessed through Ancestry.com May 28, 2009
The Sovereign Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows Website, http://www.ioof.org, accessed May 28, 2009.
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6047/1988_02_0033v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6047/1988_02_0033v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6047/1988_02_0033d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6047/1988_02_0033v02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Maker":"[\"LEVERTON, LYDIA JANE MANKIN\"]","Date":"1901-1929","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:41","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"oK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6040","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0025","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"Crazy quilt block","AltNameF011":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"14.5”","OverallLengthF012b":"14.5”","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding"],"DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","FabPrintF037":["Solid/plain","Print","Striped","Dotted","Plaid"],"UniqueF037b":"silk cotton? The patterned fabrics include: a green and cream striped fabric with a pink and black geometric pattern in two of the stripes; a blue and green striped geometric patterned fabric with circles and other curved shapes woven in to it (this fabric can also be found in 1988-02-0029 and 1988-02-0030); a red and black plaid; a blue fabric with red and yellow stripes and a woven blue leaf or clover design (also found in 1988-02-0030); a lilac and cream striped fabric; a purple fabric with white polka-dots; two black fabrics with two different raised, textured designs woven into them; a cream fabric with raised woven stripes, and a blue and tan fabric with a meandering line and leaf design. Solid fabrics are of the following colors: pink, a shimmering purple/pink, purple, tan, cream, red, and green (the same green fabric can also be found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0029, 1988-02-0030, 1988-02-0031, and 1988-02-0032). Two of the patches have been machine pieced to make them bigger before they were hand sewn to the foundation: the blue textured fabric in one corner and the tan patch along one edge. The lighter colored and thin-weave fabrics allow the pattern on the foundation fabric to show through to the front of the block.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Foundation Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"The hand piecing was done with brown thread with 4-6 stitches per inch. The block is embellished with decorative embroidery along every seam line with pink, yellow, light blue, blue-green, blue, and burgundy thread. All of the embroidery is done in the feather stitch (Barnden p.81) and spans the seam lines. In two of the corners the fabric is hand tacked to the foundation with a couple of stitches in white thread.","OtherFabF040a":"The foundation fabric contains a number of geometric and floral designs in cream, yellow, red, green, and pink.","ColorBackingF040b":["Blue"],"DescBackF043":["Print"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Leverton, Lydia Jane Mankin","ProvCountyF057b":"Huntington","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin, the maker’s daughter. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42B.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: From p. 100-101 of Trestain: “The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated.
Crazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates...These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used.
Ornate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties.”
From p. 101 of Trestain: “Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding.”
The original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 70.42B reads: “‘Crazy’ Quilt Blocks,” “Donor: Mrs. Iva Kirwin,” “Textile, Quilt Blocks, 1900.”
The maker’s name for this block (Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton) is given on the documentation card for Sage #1970.42A (1988-02-0011) a crazy quilt top with the same fabrics and construction style as this block.
This block is identified simply as “crazy quilt square” by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she “could not find adequate research material.”
According to information found on Ancestry.com: Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton was born November 1861 in Huntington County, Indiana. Her father’s name was Henry Mankin and he was born in Germany. Her father worked on a canal boat in 1870 and as a farmer in 1880. Her mother’s name was Martha and she was born in Ohio.
In 1870 Lydia was living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. In June of 1880 she was still living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. She married James Leverton in November 1880 in Huntington, Indiana.
In November 1881 Lydia had her first child, a daughter named Iva M. Leverton (donor of this object). In June of 1882 she had her second child, a son named Elmer R. Leverton. In June of 1884 she had her third child, a son named J. Ed. or Edward J. Leverton. In May 1891 she had her fourth and last child, a son named Ralph O. Leverton.
From 1897-1898 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children. Her husband was employed as a sheriff. In 1900 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children and her husband worked as the proprietor of a feed barn. Also in 1900 all four of Lydia and James’ children were in school. In 1910 Lydia lived in Huntington Co, Indiana with her husband, children, and widowed mother-in-law. Also in 1910 her husband worked as an auctioneer in public sales, while her son Elmer worked as a dentist, her son J. Ed worked as a railroad clerk, and her son Ralph worked as a house electrician. In 1920 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as an autioneer. And in 1930 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as a street commissioner with the city.
See document file for family details on Iva Kirwin (donor and daughter of the maker).
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Family information from Ancestry.com and the United States census accessed through Ancestry.com May 28, 2009
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6040/1988_02_0025v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6040/1988_02_0025v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6040/1988_02_0025d02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6040/1988_02_0025v02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6040/1988_02_0025d03.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Maker":"[\"LEVERTON, LYDIA JANE MANKIN\"]","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:24","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"o65mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6043","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0028","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"Crazy quilt block","AltNameF011":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"14.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"14.25”","PredomColorsF014":["Red","Black","Beige or Tan","Purple","White","Blue","Lavender","Cream","Green","Pink","Yellow","Gold"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray.","ContInscripF020":"Your a Liar” Ta! Ta! Edie(?). The name at the end of the phrase is difficult to determine.","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"Embroidered. The words appear to have been first written on the block in ink before being embroidered on as the ink markings are still visible beneath the stitches.","LocInscripF022":["on block"],"DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Silk"],"FabPrintF037":["Striped","Checked","Geometric"],"UniqueF037b":"Other fabrics in the block include: a fabric with a red and black checkerboard design and a red, black and white woven geometric pattern; a tan colored fabric with a multicolored woven stripe pattern (this fabric is also used in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0029, 1988-02-0030, 1988-02-0032, and 1988-02-0033); a purple and white striped fabric made up of many smaller pieces of fabric machine pieced together with dark blue thread (I cannot determine if the fabric was manufactured that way or if the maker of the quilt pieced together); a dark blue, black, and white striped fabric; a lavender and cream striped fabric; an orange, black, and green woven plaid; a light blue and cream striped fabric (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0031, 1988-02-0034, and 1988-02-0042); and a pink fabric with purple-pink irregularly shaped spots (also found in 1988-02-0029). The plain colored fabrics in the block include the following colors: red, yellow/gold, black, dark blue, a textured purple, tan, and green (this fabric is also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0025, 1988-02-0029, 1988-02-0030, 1988-02-0031, and 1988-02-0032).","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Foundation Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"This block is foundation pieced by hand onto a blue cotton fabric with yellow thread and 4-5 stitches per inch. The block is embellished with decorative embroidery along many but not all of the seam lines. The embroidery stitches used include the feather stitch (Barnden p.81) in pink, red, and yellow thread; the long-armed feather stitched (Barnden p. 81); the double feather stitch in blue thread (Barnden p. 85); a triple feather stitch in pink thread; a chain stitch in yellow thread (Barnden p. 46); and what appears to be a sloping blanket stitch that occasionally alternates in direction (Barnden p. 60). The red and black checkerboard patch in one corner and the green solid colored fabric in another corner are hand tacked to the foundation fabric with white thread.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Blue"],"NumPiecesF042":"2","WidthPiecesF042a":"The foundation fabric is machine pieced with white and black thread out of two pieced of the same blue cotton. The larger piece of the foundation fabric is approximately 14.25” X 11.5” and the smaller piece is approximately 14.25” x 3”. Neither piece of the foundation fabric is an exact rectangle.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Leverton, Lydia Jane Mankin","ProvCountyF057b":"Huntington","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin, the maker’s daughter. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42G.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: From p. 100-101 of Trestain: “The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated.
Crazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates...These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used.
Ornate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties.”
From p. 101 of Trestain: “Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding.”
The original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 70.42G reads: “‘Crazy’ Quilt Blocks,” “Donor: Mrs. Iva Kirwin,” “Textile, Quilt Blocks, 1900.”
The maker’s name for this block (Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton) is given on the documentation card for Sage #1970.42A (1988-02-0011) a crazy quilt top with the same fabrics and construction style as this block.
This block is identified simply as “crazy quilt square” by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she “could not find adequate research material.”
According to information found on Ancestry.com: Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton was born November 1861 in Huntington County, Indiana. Her father’s name was Henry Mankin and he was born in Germany. Her father worked on a canal boat in 1870 and as a farmer in 1880. Her mother’s name was Martha and she was born in Ohio.
In 1870 Lydia was living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. In June of 1880 she was still living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. She married James Leverton in November 1880 in Huntington, Indiana.
In November 1881 Lydia had her first child, a daughter named Iva M. Leverton (donor of this object). In June of 1882 she had her second child, a son named Elmer R. Leverton. In June of 1884 she had her third child, a son named J. Ed. or Edward J. Leverton. In May 1891 she had her fourth and last child, a son named Ralph O. Leverton.
From 1897-1898 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children. Her husband was employed as a sheriff. In 1900 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children and her husband worked as the proprietor of a feed barn. Also in 1900 all four of Lydia and James’ children were in school. In 1910 Lydia lived in Huntington Co, Indiana with her husband, children, and widowed mother-in-law. Also in 1910 her husband worked as an auctioneer in public sales, while her son Elmer worked as a dentist, her son J. Ed worked as a railroad clerk, and her son Ralph worked as a house electrician. In 1920 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as an autioneer. And in 1930 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as a street commissioner with the city.
See document file for family details on Iva Kirwin (donor and daughter of the maker).
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Family information from Ancestry.com and the United States census accessed through Ancestry.com May 28, 2009
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6043/1988_02_0028v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6043/1988_02_0028v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6043/1988_02_0028d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6043/1988_02_0028v02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6043/1988_02_0028d02.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Maker":"[\"LEVERTON, LYDIA JANE MANKIN\"]","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:30","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"r65mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6055","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0042","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"crazy quilt block","AltNameF011":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"14.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"14.5”","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains","Wear to edge or binding","Fading"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray.","ContInscripF020":"Extra Quality Hats. Harley. OPP. Chamber of Commerce. Toldeo, O.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Silk"],"FabPrintF037":["Striped","Geometric","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"The block contains a piece of a yellow hat liner in the center. The silver colored logo reads: “Extra Quality Hats. Harley. OPP. Chamber of Commerce. Toldeo, O.” The logo also has a design with the letters H, A, & C superimposed on top of each other inside a “banner” with a crown above it. This patch has a few faint stains on it. Patterned fabrics used in the block include: a green striped fabric (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0029, and 1988-02-0032); a light blue and cream striped fabric (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0031, and 1988-02-0034); a black and cream striped fabric with a squares within a square woven design; a blue textured fabric with red and gray stripes; a blue fabric with a woven design of two interlocking red circles with yellow and cream tassels; a gray fabric with thin black stripes; a blue fabric with a textured woven circle pattern; a purple, black, and cream striped fabric; and a plain black fabric with a textured line design. There are only two solid colored fabrics in this block: red and black.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Foundation Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"This block is foundation pieced by hand onto a cotton backing with brown and black thread and 4-5 stitches per inch. The block is embellished with decorative embroidery along all of the seam lines in red, white, lavender, yellow, and green thread in a herringbone stitch (Barnden p. 75). In some locations the embroidery spans the seam line while in others it is on one side of the seam. The black fabric in one of the corners is hand tacked to the foundation fabric with a few stitches in white thread.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"OtherFabF040a":"The color of the foundation fabric is difficult to determine as it appears that it has faded. It might have been blue, green, or gray and is the same fabric used as a foundation for 1988-02-0032. The foundation fabric shows evidence that it was originally used in something else as one corner contains holes from sewing machine thread and there is a small pieces of the machine stitching that does not go through to the fabric on the front of the block.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Leverton, Lydia Jane Mankin","ProvCountyF057b":"Huntington","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin, the maker’s daughter. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42J.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: From p. 100-101 of Trestain: “The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated.
Crazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates...These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used.
Ornate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties.”
From p. 101 of Trestain: “Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding.”
The original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 70.42J reads: “‘Crazy’ Quilt Blocks,” “Donor: Mrs. Iva Kirwin,” “Textile, Quilt Blocks, 1900.”
The maker’s name for this block (Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton) is given on the documentation card for Sage #1970.42A (1988-02-0011) a crazy quilt top with the same fabrics and construction style as this block.
This block is identified simply as “crazy quilt square” by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she “could not find adequate research material.”
According to information found on Ancestry.com: Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton was born November 1861 in Huntington County, Indiana. Her father’s name was Henry Mankin and he was born in Germany. Her father worked on a canal boat in 1870 and as a farmer in 1880. Her mother’s name was Martha and she was born in Ohio.
In 1870 Lydia was living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. In June of 1880 she was still living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. She married James Leverton in November 1880 in Huntington, Indiana.
In November 1881 Lydia had her first child, a daughter named Iva M. Leverton (donor of this object). In June of 1882 she had her second child, a son named Elmer R. Leverton. In June of 1884 she had her third child, a son named J. Ed. or Edward J. Leverton. In May 1891 she had her fourth and last child, a son named Ralph O. Leverton.
From 1897-1898 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children. Her husband was employed as a sheriff. In 1900 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children and her husband worked as the proprietor of a feed barn. Also in 1900 all four of Lydia and James’ children were in school. In 1910 Lydia lived in Huntington Co, Indiana with her husband, children, and widowed mother-in-law. Also in 1910 her husband worked as an auctioneer in public sales, while her son Elmer worked as a dentist, her son J. Ed worked as a railroad clerk, and her son Ralph worked as a house electrician. In 1920 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as an autioneer. And in 1930 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as a street commissioner with the city.
See document file for family details on Iva Kirwin (donor and daughter of the maker).
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Family information from Ancestry.com and the United States census accessed through Ancestry.com May 28, 2009
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6055/1988_02_0042v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6055/1988_02_0042v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6055/1988_02_0042d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6055/1988_02_0042v02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6055/1988_02_0042d02.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Maker":"[\"LEVERTON, LYDIA JANE MANKIN\"]","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:40:00","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"wa5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6073","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0046","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"18.75\"","OverallLengthF012b":"22.25\"","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Brown","Green","Red","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Excellent/like new","OtherRepairsF017a":"In the gray/blue center patch next to the embroidered flower the maker of the quilt embroidered over a hole or tear in the fabric with two different colored embroidery threads.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"FabricTypeF036":["Velvet"],"UniqueF037b":"The block is mostly velvets with three pieces of brocade, two of which appear to be the same fabric.","ConstrucF038":["Foundation Piecing","Hand Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Attachments (beading, charms, buttons, etc)","Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"Metal beads, three appliqued and embroidered flowers. It appears to be foundation pieced by hand but this is difficult to determine as the block has been tightly whip stitched to a backing fabric on all edges hiding the piecing stitches. All of the seams have been embellished with hand embroidery in variously colored threads. The thread colors include: orange, pink, yellow, green, lime green, and light green. The embroidery stitches include the herringbone stitch (Barnden p. 75); the feather stitch (Barnden p. 81); the double feather stitch (Barnden p. 85); and blanket stitches alternating direction every 3 stitches (Barnden p. 58). Some of the larger patches of fabric also contain embroidery within them making them look like two separate smaller patches. The embroidery stitches go through the backing fabrics and the knots are also visible on the back. Three of the patches contain embroidered and appliqued flowers. The first flower is a purple silk yo-yo appliqued on by hand with black thread. This applique also includes four green velvet leaves outline with a blanket stitch and connected to the flower by feather stitch embroidery. This patch also has a multicolored yarn tassel connected to the flower with purple thread. The tassel is gold, yellow, red, dark and light purple, and blue. The center of the purple yo-yo is embellished with a six point star shape in tarnished metallic thread. The second appliqued flower has a tan colored central yo-yo and is embellished with a four-point star shape in tarnished metallic thread in its center. This patch also includes two appliqued leaves made out of red and green striped material and outlined in green thread with a blanket stitch. In addition there are three \"flower buds\" - 1 tan and 2 light pink - appliqued on and secured with embroidery stitches. All of the applique pieces are connected with embroidery in two separate shades of green thread. The third and last flower contains no applique. It consists of cream colored chenille thread and the tarnished metallic thread looped into a 9-petaled flower. These two threads are held in place by blue and green embroidery thread. The flower has a green embroider stem and is also embellished with approximately 28 small silver colored beads sewn down in a swirl pattern and a gold colored embroidered leaf. Out of the three appliqued and embroidered flowers only the green embroidery on the flower stem in the third flower goes through the backing. This indicates that almost all of the applique and embroidery done for the flowers was completed prior to backing the block. In contrast most of the embroidery along the seam line was completed after the block was backed as it is visible on the backing.","OtherFabF040a":"It appears that the foundation fabric was a similar color to the backing fabric when glimpsed through the stitches. The backing fabric is brown with a cream and black repeating design.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar's Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Original Sage Collection number was 19.2350.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nFrom p. 100 of Trestain: "The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated." \r\n \r\nFrom p. 100 of Trestain: "Crazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates. Some also have needlepoint portraits, three-dimensional floral applique, silk ribbon or chenille embroidery, or hand-painted botanicals." \r\n \r\nFrom p. 100-101 of Trestain: "Ornate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties." \r\n \r\nFrom Trestain p. 101 In 1880-1910 "Other quilts were made from silk, such as the Log Cabin" and "Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding." \r\n \r\nThe original documentation card for the Elizabeth Sage Collection #19.2350 reads: "crazy quilt block - velvet lined with brown paisley print; original textile #8" The original Sage collection donor is not listed on the card. \r\n \r\nThis block was identified simply as a "crazy quilt square" by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she "could not find adequate research material." \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nBrackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nTrestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6073/1988_02_0046v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6073/1988_02_0046v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6073/1988_02_0046d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6073/1988_02_0046d03.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6073/1988_02_0046v02.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6073/1988_02_0046d04.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:38","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"pq5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6046","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0032","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"crazy quilt block","AltNameF011":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"14”","OverallLengthF012b":"14.25”","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Stains","Wear to edge or binding","Fading"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray.","ContInscripF020":"Souvenir, First Annual I.O.O.F. Picnic, Huntington County, Indiana, Aug. 31, 1905","DateInscripF020a":"1905","DateQuiltF023":"1901-1929","FamDateF023c":"1905 artif-dt","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Silk","Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Striped","Plaid","Dotted","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"The top of the block contains a red commemorative ribbon in the center which reads: “Souvenir, First Annual I.O.O.F. Picnic, Huntington County, Indiana, Aug. 31, 1905”. Patterned fabrics used in this block include: a blue silk with a white floral design (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0029, and 1988-02-0033); a tan colored fabric with a multicolored woven stripe pattern (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0029, 1988-03-0030, and 1988-03-0033); a purple, green, red, blue, and cream colored plaid; a red fabric with black dots (also found in 1988-02-0011 and 1988-02-0031); a pale blue and cream striped fabric; a dark blue fabric with lighter blue half-moon-shaped designs (fabric reversed in 1988-02-0033); a green striped fabric (also in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0039, and 1988-02-0042); and a burgundy fabric with a black floral design woven in it. Solid colored fabrics include: a textured purple; a pale pink (with a stain); a golden yellow (also found in 1988-02-0028); and a green (also found in 1988-02-0011, 1988-02-0025, 1988-02-0028, 1988-02-0029, 1988-03-0030, and 1988-02-0031).","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Foundation Piecing"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery"],"UniqueF038h":"The pieces are sewn to the foundation fabric with brown and yellow thread and with 5-6 stitches per inch. The block is embellished with decorative embroidery along the seams lines in red, pink, white, yellow, and gray threads in two variations on the feather stitch (Barnden p. 81). The embroidery wanders to the side of the seam line for a few stitches along the patch made out of the blue fabric with the white floral design, otherwise the embroidery spans the seam line.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"OtherFabF040a":"The color of the foundation fabric is difficult to determine as it appears that it has faded. It might have been blue, green, or gray and is the same fabric used as a foundation for 1988-02-0042.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Leverton, Lydia Jane Mankin","ProvCountyF057b":"Huntington","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin, the maker’s daughter. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42E.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The I.O.O.F. in the commemorative ribbon stands for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a fraternal organization that “began in 18th century England, [when] it was deemed odd to find people organized for the purpose of giving aid to those in need without recognition and pursuing projects for the benefits of all mankind” (http://www.ioof.org). The organization began operating in the United States and Canada in 1819.
The date for this quilt block comes from the date on the commemorative ribbon but it may have been made later than 1905.
From p. 100-101 of Trestain: “The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated.
Crazy quilts area known for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries as well as initials and dates...These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used.
Ornate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties.”
From p. 101 of Trestain: “Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding.”
The original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 70.42E reads: “‘Crazy’ Quilt Blocks,” “Donor: Mrs. Iva Kirwin,” “Textile, Quilt Blocks, 1900.”
The maker’s name for this block (Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton) is given on the documentation card for Sage #1970.42A (1988-02-0011) a crazy quilt top with the same fabrics and construction style as this block.
This block is identified simply as “crazy quilt square” by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she “could not find adequate research material.”
According to information found on Ancestry.com: Lydia Jane Mankin Leverton was born November 1861 in Huntington County, Indiana. Her father’s name was Henry Mankin and he was born in Germany. Her father worked on a canal boat in 1870 and as a farmer in 1880. Her mother’s name was Martha and she was born in Ohio.
In 1870 Lydia was living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. In June of 1880 she was still living in Lancaster Twp., Huntington Co., Indiana with her parents and siblings. She married James Leverton in November 1880 in Huntington, Indiana.
In November 1881 Lydia had her first child, a daughter named Iva M. Leverton (donor of this object). In June of 1882 she had her second child, a son named Elmer R. Leverton. In June of 1884 she had her third child, a son named J. Ed. or Edward J. Leverton. In May 1891 she had her fourth and last child, a son named Ralph O. Leverton.
From 1897-1898 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children. Her husband was employed as a sheriff. In 1900 she lived in Huntington, Huntington, Co., Indiana with her husband and children and her husband worked as the proprietor of a feed barn. Also in 1900 all four of Lydia and James’ children were in school. In 1910 Lydia lived in Huntington Co, Indiana with her husband, children, and widowed mother-in-law. Also in 1910 her husband worked as an auctioneer in public sales, while her son Elmer worked as a dentist, her son J. Ed worked as a railroad clerk, and her son Ralph worked as a house electrician. In 1920 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as an autioneer. And in 1930 she was living in Huntington, Huntington Co., Indiana with her husband who was working as a street commissioner with the city.
See document file for family details on Iva Kirwin (donor and daughter of the maker).
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Family information from Ancestry.com and the United States census accessed through Ancestry.com May 28, 2009
The Sovereign Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows Website, http://www.ioof.org , accessed May 28, 2009.
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6046/1988_02_0032v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6046/1988_02_0032v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6046/1988_02_0032d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6046/1988_02_0032v02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6046/1988_02_0032d02.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Maker":"[\"LEVERTON, LYDIA JANE MANKIN\"]","Date":"1901-1929","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:38","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"v65mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6071","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0043","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","OwnerNameF010":"Crazy quilt block","OverallWidthF12a":"19.25\"","OverallLengthF012b":"19.25\"","PredomColorsF014":["Beige or Tan","Black","Blue","Brown","Gray","Green","Pink","Purple","Red","Rust","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Fair/worn","DamageF016":["Disintegration of fabric","Stains","Tears or holes"],"OtherDamageF016a":"Loose binding","RepairsF017":["Patched with new fabrics"],"DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"ca. 1900 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Silk"],"FabricTypeF036":["Velvet"],"FabPrintF037":["Dotted","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"Most of the patches are of solid colors but a few are patterned: a brown patch near the center has a design of cream colored leaves or tree branches; a patch near the edge fades from brown to yellow to cream and back again and has diagonal black stripes woven in it; a brown and cream striped fabric; a green patch with textured and woven cream and green polka-dots; a corner patch that is textured and has a cream and light blue-green stripe design created by the weave; and multiple small pieces with black and white diagonal woven stripes. This block contains the same top fabrics, foundation fabric, and construction style as 1988-02-0024 and was probably made by the same person around the same time.","ConstrucF038":["Foundation Piecing","Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The patches are irregularly shaped and are hand sewn to the backing with black and white thread. The stitches are loose and inconsistently sized with some being very small and others being up to 0.25\" long. The smaller stitches are the result of a whip stitch used to hold down the patches where the edges were turned under. There is machine stitching along one edge of the block that was either partially removed or has unraveled. The block is unfinished or has a missing piece on one edge where the foundation fabric is visible from the front. There is evidence of some machine and/or hand sewing in the fact that there are small needle holes in the cloth at this spot that may indicate t hat the patch was removed or has fallen off.","OtherFabF040a":"Muslin","NumPiecesF042":"3","WidthPiecesF042a":"one 7\" X 19.5\", one 12.5\" X 19.5\" and one irregularly shaped at 1.5\" X 15\"","DescBackF043":["Hand sewn","Same fabric used throughout"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar's Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Nat Hill. Original Sage Collection number was 19.598.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nFrom p. 100 of Trestain: "The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvets, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated." \r\n \r\nFrom p. 100-101 of Trestain: "Ornate crazy quilts largely fell out of favor before 1915. They were time-consuming to make and required a wide variety of fabrics. Occasionally, a later highly decorated crazy quilt may be found, but as a general rule, the intricate embroidery required for a classic crazy quilt is lacking in these later varieties." \r\n \r\nFrom p. 101 of Trestain: "Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric or silk and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding." \r\n \r\nThe original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage Collection for # 19.598 reads "Two quilt blocks made around 1900 from many small pieces of material. Donor: Mrs. Nat Hill." This block was set with 1988-02-0024 as they both have the original number of 19.598 on the original documentation card from the Elizabeth Sage collection. \r\n \r\nThe original object tag from the Elizabeth Sage collection reads: "19.598 Quilt Blocks Circa 1900 Mrs. Nat Hill" \r\n \r\nThis block was identified simply as a "crazy quilt square" by Marlys K. DeBell in her cataloging notes of May 1989 as she "could not find adequate research material." \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTrestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6071/1988_02_0043v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6071/1988_02_0043v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6071/1988_02_0043v02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6071/1988_02_0043d02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"back close-up","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6071/1988_02_0043d03.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT BLOCK","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:38","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT BLOCK"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Qa5mWZEB8akQsUweMXoN","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-2872","InstNameF003":["Indiana State Museum"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"CB290","DateDataF006b":"2/15/1988","IfOtherF007d":"Maker pieced the quilt.","interviewerF007e":"P. Brooks","locationF007f":"Columbus","TypeObjF008":"Quilt top with unfinished edge","OwnerNameF010":"Crazy Quilt","OverallWidthF12a":"134 cm","OverallLengthF012b":"193 cm","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Poor/very worn","DamageF016":["Disintegration of fabric","Fading"],"OtherDamageF016a":"Yellowed","RepairHistF018":"Color is irregular","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"20 pieced blocks","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"OtherSpaceF029a":"crazy, all over","FabPrintF037":["Multiple scrap"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"EmbellTechF038f":"Yes","UniqueF038h":"Feather stitched by hand.","FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"DescBackF043":["Different fabrics"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Edges turned in/ no separate binding"],"MatUsedF048":"No filling","ThrColorF049b":"Red, yellow, gray","ProvenanceF058a":"Mrs. Ferguson, Salem, IN","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"601 E. 8th Street","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Indiana State Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2872/CB-290.jpg"],"dateverified":"2015-12-01","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for digital humanities and social sciences and the Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"CB290.jpg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"68-104-46F","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 04:20:22","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:04"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"Oq5mWZEB8akQsUweMXoN","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-2865","InstNameF003":["Indiana State Museum"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; 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Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1973-44-0002","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"Crazy Quilt","OverallWidthF12a":"19.5”","OverallLengthF012b":"20”","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Fading","Dirty","Tears or holes"],"OtherRepairsF017a":"Rebacked","ContInscripF020":"Lucy Murray; For President, R. B. Hayes, of Ohio. For Vice Pres. W. A. Wheeler of New York.","DateInscripF020a":"Sept. 19, 1884, Oct. 11, 1884. These are possibly the start and finish dates of the piece. 1876","OtherMethodInscripF021a":"The signature and dates are painted in two separate patches. The patch with the name contains a painting of four cattails and the fabric is disintegrating and torn within the painted design. The other painted and dated patch contains a painting of one large flower and 8 smaller flowers.","LocInscripF022":["on block"],"DateQuiltF023":"1976-1999","FamDateF023c":"10/11/1884? artif-dt","LayFormatF024":"Crazy","NumBlockF026":"1","FiberTypesF035":["Silk"],"FabricTypeF036":["Velvet"],"UniqueF037b":"Commemorative ribbon, a variety of fabrics. Chenille silk thread.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Foundation Piecing"],"ConstrucF038b":["Hand Applique"],"ConstrucF038g":["Embroidery","Painting"],"UniqueF038h":"The foundation is brown plaid fabric. There is a painted large flower and 8 smaller flowers. Painted patches are made of the same black silk fabric and also contain hand appliquéd rows of multicolored chenille yarn. One corner patch made of black and gray striped fabric contains a hand appliqued commemorative ribbon from the 1876 United States Presidential election. The ribbon has the date “1876,” a picture of Rutherford B. Hayes, the 19th president of the United States, and the words “For President, R. B. Hayes, of Ohio. For Vice Pres. W. A. Wheeler of New York.” The maker of the crazy quilt block has embroidered over the words “R. B. Hayes,” “of Ohio” and “W. A. Wheeler” in a yellow thread with a feather stitch. The Vice President’s name (W. A. Wheeler) was embroidered over before the piece was backed but the president’s name and the words “of Ohio” were embroidered over after the quilt was backed. This is the only place on the entire block where the embroidery stitches go all the way through the backing fabric. There are two pink pieces of silk which are possibly the same fabric that have been decorated with a grid created by overlapping strips of hand appliquéd black(?) velvet. One additional strip of this same black velvet divides another light blue or gray patch in half. There are three blocks that contain 2 pieces each of appliquéd silk or velvet in small shapes. On the brown velvet block there is a black silk 1”X1” square outlined in a blanket stitch with brown thread and containing two clusters of stitches in the same thread in its center. There is also a four petaled purple silk flower shape appliquéd in this patch and outlined with a blanket stitch in the same brown thread. The center of the flower contains a circle made of blanket stitches. The two other patches that contain appliquéd shapes are made out of the same black fabric and contain the same red velvet fabric in the appliquéd shapes outlined in a blanket stitch. One patch contains a square and a circle shapes while the other contains a square and a heart shapes. One blue silk patch contains three variously sized embroidered flowers. A peach colored patch contains an embroidered X design in blue thread. A black patch contains an X design in blue thread and another design in green thread. A red patch contains an embroidered design in white thread. There is decorative embroidery over every seam line between the patches. This embroidery is usually in a single feather stitch (see Barnden p. 81) but double and triple feather stitches are also common. Some of this embroidery extends from the seam line into the patches, making them appear smaller. One seam line has blue, brown, and purple long and short embroidery stitches creating a triangle pattern on one side of the seam and green embroidery thread with straight stitches in clusters of three on the other side of the seam. There is also one white patch with pink lines that uses feather stitches in brown and cranberry colored thread to fill in what would otherwise be a large empty patch.","EmbMatF039":["Chenille thread"],"OtherFabF040a":"The block is finished with a a blue-green piece of fabric as the backing. The backing has two holes on one edge. A small square of striped fabric has been tacked onto the backing with brown thread. The stitches holding this square of fabric in place do not go through to the top of the quilt. The basting stitches holding the foundation pieced top to the backing fabric have also not been completely removed. There are also basting stitches that do not go all the way through the quilt to the backing fabric.","UniqueBindF045a":"The binding is made up of three different fabrics: a black velvet, a black silk(?), and a red fabric. The selvages of these fabrics are not turned under and the stitches in the binding are visible on the back and front of the quilt. The binding does not appear t o have been as carefully put on as the rest of the stitching in the quilt and was perhaps done by another individual. The binding is detached on the corner done in the black velvet fabric.","MatUsedF048":"No filling","UniqueBattF048b":"While the quilt is finished it does not contain any batting or quilting stitches, as is common in crazy quilts.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"QuiltTopF054":"Murray, Lucy?","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1976 CAT [Mohammed Ansari]: from the Estate of Antoinette Duncan Hansen of Bedford, Indiana.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: According to information from the website of the Rutherford B. Hayes presidential center the 1876 election was one of the most disputed in U.S. history. Although he lost the popular vote, Hayes (republican) was elected over his opponent, Tilden (democrat), by only one electoral vote. Electorial votes from the initial count (Tilden at 184 and Hayes at 165) had 20 disputed electoral votes: 4 in Florida, 8 in Louisiana, 1 in Oregon, and 7 in South Carolina. The election was resolved by a 15 man Electorial Commission in Dec. 1976. The panel decided on each vote separately and votes were split down party lines (8 republicans and 7 democrats served in the commission). Historian C. Vann Woodward argued in his 1951 book that there was a “Compromise of 1877” that helped to settle the election. The agreement as outlined by Woodward states: “Troups will be recalled from the state house property in the 3 states [excluding Oregon], funds will be provided to build the Texas and Pacific Railroad, A southerner will be appointed as Postmaster General, funds will be appropriated to rebuild the economy of the south, the solution to the race problem will be left to the state governments.” Counter arguments to Woodward’s theory state: “Hayes stated during the campaign that the remaining southern states would be returned to local rule if they would uphold the rights of all citizens. There was no appropriation made for the Texas and Pacific Railroad, During the campaign Hayes promised to appoint a southerner to his cabinet as a move toward unification and bipartisan cooperation, the south did not receive a large influx of money to rebuild its economy.” Given the dispute over the election, the maker of the quilt may have been making a political statement by embroidering over the President’s and Vice President’s names along with Hayes’ home state.
According to Trestain p. 100: “The quilts from the late 1800s through the early 1900s were more ornate than earlier pieces. It was also the heyday of crazy quilts. These were mostly made of silks of various weaves including, but not exclusively, brocades, jacquards, velvet, bengalines, and commemorative ribbons. Cigar bands, felted flags, corduroy, fake furs, cottons, and wools were sometimes incorporated.
Crazy quilts are know for being encrusted with botanical and zoological embroideries, as well as initials and dates. Some also have needlepoint portraits, three-dimensional floral applique, silk ribbon or chenille embroidery, or hand-painted botanicals. In other words, if it didn’t move, the ladies were likely to stitch it down to one of their fancy coverlets. These quilts were heavy, and the fancy encrusted ones were preserved mostly for show. Cotton or wool crazy quilts were mostly made to be used.”
From Trestain p. 101: “Crazy quilts and Log Cabin quilts, styles which utilize a foundation fabric for piecing, were often only bound or lined with a print fabric and then tied. It was common for the ties to be visible on the back but not the front. These types of quilts were also used without lining or binding.”
I consulted the document file for accession 1973-39 as well as for this accession as notes in this accession file said to reference 1973-39. Information from document B1 in the 73-39 collection reads: “Estate of Antoinette Duncan Hansen - died Aug. ‘73 - age; 95 Bedford, Indiana. Executer - first National Bank of Bloomington (No tax appraisal) (Mr. Hansen - bank president - son of Antoinette) further information can be obtained from Mrs. Hansen’s sister in Washington.”
This quilt was originally cataloged as a sampler and is actually a crazy quilt. The original catalog card reads: “Type of specimen: Cloth sampler [and then hand written:] (resembling crazy quilt). Condition: Tears and a hole in the lower left hand corner by the date, a patched up hold at the back, and signs of fading. Detailed Description: 49.5 X 49.5. This square piece of cloth bears the name of Lucy Murray and the date, Oct. 11, 1884 in the lower left hand corner and another date Sept. 19, 1884 in the top left hand corner. Cloth samples of different sizes, different material, and different embroidery patterns are stitched together with silk thread. The piece has a black satin border but for one corner of read satin border. The predominant colors are black and red. The back of the piece is green. Collected by: 1st National Bank of Bloomington, Indiana. Where collected: Estate of Antoinette Duncan Hansen, Bedford, Indiana.”
Hoogenboom, Ari. 1995. Ch. 17: Disputed Election. In Rutherford B. Hayes: Warrior and President. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas). Available online through the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center (http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/president/display.asp?id=512&subj=president), accessed May 21, 2009.
Trestain, Eileen Jahnke. 1998. Dating Fabrics: A Color Guide 1800-1960. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1976 CAT: Mohammed Ansari; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6035/1973_44_0002v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6035/1973_44_0002v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6035/1973_44_0002d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6035/1973_44_0002d02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6035/1973_44_0002d03.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"detail","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6035/1973_44_0002d06.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CRAZY QUILT","Maker":"[\"MURRAY, LUCY?\"]","Date":"1976-1999","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:02","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["CRAZY QUILT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"uK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6064","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1972-14-0001","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"Court House Steps","BrackmanF011a":"Brackman #3240 [p.390-391]","OverallWidthF12a":"73\"","OverallLengthF012b":"83.25\"","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Pink","Red","Turquoise or Teal","White","Yellow"],"OverCondF015":"Fair/worn","DamageF016":["Fading","Fold marks or creases","Stains","Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The quilt shows signs of hard use. It is coming apart at the seam lines, is faded and stained, and has wear along the edges.","DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","FamDateF023c":"ca. 1930 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"1","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"UniqueF037b":"The size fabrics used in this quilt include a blue/green cotton with a brown and white leaf design (fabric A in diagram); a white cotton with a design of small purple or blue dots and a red and green floral pattern (fabric B); a blue, green, and red paisley design with flowers (fabric C); a white cotton with a southwestern or Mexican design motif in green, the motifs in this fabric include cacti, a woman carrying a bowl of food on her head, a woman with a shawl over her head and a child sitting in front of a plant with food at their feed, and a man playing a guitar in front of a building (fabric D); a cream or white fabric with a blue line design and purple grapes or berries (fabric E); and a white fabric with a red leaf design (fabric F). The fabric letters here correspond to a diagram of the quilt drawn by Janice Frisch in 2009 (see document file).","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"OtherFabF040a":"The back of the quilt is constructed out of 5 pieces of rice sacks and is hand pieced. One piece of still has a faded logo that reads: \"Ashley Hall [picture], Supreme Fancy, Long Grain, RICE, Milled expressly for Thomas & Howard Company, Allendale, SC\".","NumPiecesF042":"5","WidthPiecesF042a":"The size of these pieces are as follows: 22.25\" X 33\" ; 33\" X 34.24\" (piece with logo); 23\" X 32.5\"; 40\" X 36\"; and 38.5\" X 36.5\".","UniqueBindF045a":"The backing and the batting also do not extend all the way to the edge of the binding in some places.","ConstrucBindF046":["Front turned to back"],"BindWidthF047a":"1\" to 5.5\"","UniqueBattF048b":"The batting is lumpy and uneven and is probably pieces of raw cotton.","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"White","NumStitchedF050":"2","DesignF052d":"It is quilted in horizontal lines across the width (shorter measurement) of the quilt.","QuiltTopF054":"Cohen, Eva","LocMadeF057a":"John's Island","ProvCountyF057b":"Charleston","ProvStateF057d":"South Carolina (SC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: Collected for the Mathers Museum by Mary Arnold Twining during her field research for her dissertation for the Folklore Institute at Indiana University.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"Gullah, African American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nInformation on the history of the Thomas and Howard Company is available on the company's website: "Thomas & Howard Company, Inc. is a privately owned convenience distributor headquartered in Columbia, South Carolina. With annual sales in excess of $300 million, it operates two facilities in South Carolina providing full-line, full-service distribution to convenience stores, primarily located in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee. \r\n \r\nFounded in Durham, North Carolina, the partnership of C. C. Thomas and C. L. Howard was soon joined by J. E. Timberlake, who was responsible for the growth of the company throughout the South." \r\n \r\nThe original catalog card for this quilt reads: "Condition: used, worn, threads broken in places. Detailed description: 181.5 cm "“ width, 209.0 cm "“ length. Quilt is multicolored with various prints used to make a courthouse steps pattern on the front. The backstrip is made of rice bags. The quilt was made around 1930 by Mrs. Eva Cohen of Bohicket Road, Johns Island, South Carolina. $50.00" \r\n \r\nJason Jackson described this quilt as follows: \r\n"This quilt is backed with a white cotton cloth obtained from rice sacks. The logo from a bag is faintly readable. It says: \r\n"Ashley Hall \r\nlogo here \r\nSupreme Fancy \r\nLong Grain \r\nRICE \r\nMilled expressly for \r\nThomas & Howard Company \r\nAllendale, SC" \r\n \r\nIn her dissertation Mary Twining connects the strip piecing method in the Gullah quilts to the piecing together of thin strips of woven fabric found in Africa. John Vlach utilized Twining's research when he wrote the exhibit catalog, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts in which he uses images of the Gullah quilts from this collection and asserts that strip quilting is the most common form of African American quilting and that it is universally related to the African tradition of strip piecing of woven cloth. \r\n \r\nShelly Zegart takes issue with Vlach's generalization from a few localized examples, such as the Gullah quilts, stating that: "Folklorist John Vlach's exhibit of African-American folk art and craft was the first to include quilts. By the mid-1980s Vlach's early ideas about "Africanisms" had been expanded by art historian Maude Wahlman into a checklist and the theory that black quiltmakers were unconsciously reproducing African textile aesthetics. \r\n \r\nAlmost all of Vlach's assumptions about African-American quilts have proved to be just that: assumptions made on little evidence. In her doctoral dissertation at The University of Texas, Margaret Roach notes that a decade later Vlach acknowledged his conclusions had been reached without a broad study of Southern quilts, and that these attributes or "Africanisms" were probably as much regional as racial." \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1977. An Examination of African Retentions in the Folk Culture of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Folklore Institute. \r\n \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1991. "Baskets and Quilts: Women in Sea Island Arts and Crafts". In Mary A. Twining and Keith E. Baird, eds. Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Pp. 129-140. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. \r\n \r\nVlach, John Michael. 1977. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. \r\n \r\nZegart, Shelly. 2008. "Myth and Methodology: Shelly Zegart Unpicks African-American Quilt Scholarship." Selvedge Magazine (21: Jan/Feb). \r\n \r\nThomas and Howard Company History, http://www.tohoco.com/History.html, accessed June 24, 2009. \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1972 CAT: Elaine Gaul; 1992 RECAT: Jason Baird Jackson; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6064/1972_14_0001v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6064/1972_14_0001v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6064/1972_14_0001d03.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6064/1972_14_0001d01.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6064/1972_14_0001v03.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6064/1972_14_0001d02.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"COURT HOUSE STEPS","Maker":"[\"COHEN, EVA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:37","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["COURT HOUSE STEPS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"ua5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6065","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection; The Black Diaspora Quilt History Project","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1972-14-0002","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"Coins","OverallWidthF12a":"76.5\"","OverallLengthF012b":"80\"","OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Fair/worn","DamageF016":["Dirty","Fading","Open seams","Stains"],"DateQuiltF023":"1930-1949","FamDateF023c":"ca. 1930 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Vertical strip","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Separated by plain sashing"],"SashWidthF032":"The strips on the quilt alternate between rows with many smaller \"squares\" and rows with two or three strips sewn together. Where rows are too short, triangular shaped pieces of fabric have been added to make the quilt square.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Checked","Dotted","Floral","Paisley","Print","Solid/plain"],"UniqueF037b":"The following list of fabrics corresponds to a diagram of the front of the quilt drawn by Jason Jackson in 1992 and updated by Janice Frisch in 2009 (see document file):The following list of fabrics corresponds to a diagram of the front of the quilt drawn by Jason Jackson in 1992 and updated by Janice Frisch in 2009 (see document file): 1. Orange, green and pink floral on brown 2. Blue and burnt orange floral on yellow 3. Dark blue and light blue strips creating a checkerboard effect on tan 4. Light blue paisley on white 5. Mustard yellow solid 6. Pink floral on black 7. Brown polka-dots on pink 8. Same fabric as # 6 (pink floral on black) 9. Same fabric as # 4 (light blue paisley on white) 10. Same fabric as # 6 (pink floral on black) 11. Black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white (2 pieces sewn together) 12. Red solid 13. Gray solid 14. Gray and red brick wall design on white 15. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) A. Blue, green, and white flowers, stars, horses, saddles, horseshoes, horseshoe nails, and castles on pink background B. Pink and white gingham C. Peach satin solid 87. Pale blue/gray solid 16. Light brown solid 17. Brown solid 18. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) 19. Same fabric as # 17 (brown solid) 20. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) 21. Purplish-red corduroy 22. Blue \"Egyptian-style hieroglyphics\" on white with human figure smelling a flower (2 pieces sewn together by machine, small piece flipped so back of fabric is showing along with the seam) 23. Blue, black, and orange tipis on white 24. Red and blue chicken wire on white 25. Same fabric as # 23 (Blue, black, and orange tipis on white) 26. Red and olive paisley on greenish-yellow 27. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) 28. Yellow and green floral (roses) on white 29. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) D. Light blue solid E. Purple and white gingham F. Yellow solid 30. Same fabric as # 4 (light blue paisley on white) 31. Same fabric as # 6 (pink floral on black) 32. Same fabric as # 4 (light blue paisley on white) 33. Same fabric as # 6 (pink floral on black) 34. Same fabric as # 4 (light blue paisley on white) 35. Same fabric as # 6 (pink floral on black) 36. Same fabric as # 28 (yellow and green floral [roses] on white) 37. Light blue and dark blue lines creating a pattern of squares on white 38. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) 39. Brown and cream stripes 40. White, red, and pink flowers with light green leaves on dark green 41. Black and green braided design, color scheme is such that it makes it appear that there are plants casting a shadow 42. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) 43. Red, yellow, blue, and green in what is probably a large floral print (2 pieces) 44. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) 45. (There is no piece numbered 45) G. White and red calico in a floral design on blue H. Black plant design on green 46. Same fabric as # 24 (red and blue chicken wire on white) 47. Same fabric as # 6 (pink floral on black) 48. Grayish-blue solid 49. Blue solid 50. Same fabric as # 4 (light blue paisley on white) 51. Same fabric as # 48 (grayish-blue solid) 52. Same fabric as # 49 (blue solid) 53. Same fabric as # 12 (red solid) 54. Tan corduroy with yellow, white, and green floral 55. Red solid (2 pieces) 56. White bandana design with flowers on light blue 57. Same fabric as # 28 (yellow and green floral [roses] on white) 58. Yellow, white, and blue polka-dots on red 59. Green solid I. White, black and green leaf and tree design on green J. Gray solid (2 pieces) K. Red, black, and tan plaid 60. Same fabric as # 4 (light blue paisley on white) 61. Silver on white woven floral design (jacquard?) 62. Brown with raised woven bumps 63. Solid green 64. Same fabric as # 23 (Blue, black, and orange tipis on white) 65. Same fabric as # 28 (yellow and green floral [roses] on white) 66. Same fabric as letter E (purple and white gingham) 67. Dark blue, blue/gray and cream plaid 68. Same fabric as # 28 (yellow and green floral [roses] on white) 69. Same fabric as # 67 (dark blue, blue/gray and cream plaid) 70. Brown and yellow paisley abstract design on mustard 71. Same fabric as # 28 (yellow and green floral [roses] on white) 72. Same fabric as # 70 (brown and yellow paisley abstract design on mustard) 73. Multicolored floral on tan (barkcloth?) in blue, red, green, yellow, and peach L. Same fabric as # 26 (red and olive paisley on greenish-yellow) M. Yellow, purple and black calico with designs of a stove and a tea-pot circled by flowers 74. Yellow solid 75. Same fabric as # 6 (pink floral on black) 76. Black on pink corduroy with an abstract line design (repair in # 75) 77. Light gray with orange and yellow threads (2 pieces sewn together) 78. Same fabric as # 6 (pink floral on black) 79. Red, orange, green, and brown, floral with green leaves 80. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) 81. Watercolor silk imitation in synthetic blend in pink, yellow, and green on white 82. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) 83. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) 84. Pink solid with woven stripes 85. Same fabric as # 11 (black, yellow, and pink butterflies on white [2 pieces sewn together]) 86. Red, yellow, and blue abstract pattern (perhaps a large pattern of fruit?) N. Pink, yellow, blue, and green floral design on cream O. Brown and blue woven stripe design on white 88. Same fabric as # 4 (light blue paisley on white) 89. Black and white stripes 90. Same fabric as # 56 (white bandana design with flowers on light blue) 91. Brown solid (repair within # 79) The following list of fabrics corresponds to a diagram of the back of the quilt drawn by Jason Jackson in 1992 and updated by Janice Frisch in 2009 (see document file): AA. dark blue with white and orange specks (same cloth pattern as CC and FF with different color treatment) BB. yellow, orange, and blue-green large leaf print (barkcloth) CC. gray with white and orange specks (same cloth pattern as AA and FF with different color treatment) DD. same fabric as letter BB (yellow, orange, and blue-green large leaf print [barkcloth]) EE. blue with white plaid with white and green leaf pattern all woven into fabric FF. blue with white and orange specks (same cloth pattern as AA and CC with different color treatment) GG. same fabric as letter FF (blue with white specks). Synthetic bark cloth.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The stitches are loose or are coming out in a few small places. There is some machine piecing, most notably in block #22.","OtherFabF040a":"The quilt backing is also hand pieced with one patch. The backing is made up of 16 pieces of 5 different fabrics sewn into strips. Three of the fabrics have the same pattern printed on them but have different background colors. There is a tear that has been repaired in one of the pieces of the green cotton with orange and white specks.","DescBackF043":["Different fabrics"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Front turned to back","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":"The width of the binding varies between 1\" and 2.25\".","UniqueBattF048b":"The batting appears to be an old peach sheet or blanket and is visible through a large hole in block #2. ","QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"Thick white thread","NumStitchedF050":"3","WidthF051a":"1.75\" to 5.25\" between the quilting lines.","DesignF052d":"Quilted in semi-straight lines running perpendicular to the strips. The knots from the ends of the quilting thread are visible on the top of the quilt.","QuiltTopF054":"Cohen, Eva","LocMadeF057a":"John's Island","ProvCountyF057b":"Charleston","ProvStateF057d":"South Carolina (SC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: Collected for the Mathers Museum by Mary Arnold Twining during her field research for her dissertation for the Folklore Institute at Indiana University.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"Gullah, African American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThe original catalog card for this quilt reads: "Condition: used, worn, threads broken in places, Detailed description: 192.5 cm“ width, 213.0 cm“ length, Multicolored strip Quilt with dark green and blue backing. The quilt was made around 1930 by Mrs. Eva Cohen of Bohicket Road, Johns Island, South Carolina. $50.00" \r\n \r\nJason Jackson described this quilt as follows: \r\n"This quilt incorporates over 50 different cloth types. The cloth is primarily in squares and rectangles but also uneven shapes used to "even" the edges. Many cloth types are incorporated from satin to calicos to cloths with unusual textures. All quilting is done with a large diameter white thread in top to bottom rows. Blue thread is used in a similar manner at the right. No stuffing or filling is used." \r\n \r\nIn her dissertation Mary Twining connects the strip piecing method in the Gullah quilts to the piecing together of thin strips of woven fabric found in Africa. John Vlach utilized Twining's research when he wrote the exhibit catalog, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts in which he uses images of the Gullah quilts from this collection and asserts that strip quilting is the most common form of African American quilting and that it is universally related to the African tradition of strip piecing of woven cloth. \r\n \r\nShelly Zegart takes issue with Vlach's generalization from a few localized examples, such as the Gullah quilts, stating that: "Folklorist John Vlach's exhibit of African-American folk art and craft was the first to include quilts. By the mid-1980s Vlach's early ideas about "Africanisms" had been expanded by art historian Maude Wahlman into a checklist and the theory that black quiltmakers were unconsciously reproducing African textile aesthetics. \r\n \r\nAlmost all of Vlach's assumptions about African-American quilts have proved to be just that: assumptions made on little evidence. In her doctoral dissertation at The University of Texas, Margaret Roach notes that a decade later Vlach acknowledged his conclusions had been reached without a broad study of Southern quilts, and that these attributes or "Africanisms" were probably as much regional as racial." \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1977. An Examination of African Retentions in the Folk Culture of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Folklore Institute. \r\n \r\nTwining, Mary Arnold. 1991. "Baskets and Quilts: Women in Sea Island Arts and Crafts". In Mary A. Twining and Keith E. Baird, eds. Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Pp. 129-140. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press. \r\n \r\nVlach, John Michael. 1977. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art. \r\n \r\nZegart, Shelly. 2008. "Myth and Methodology: Shelly Zegart Unpicks African-American Quilt Scholarship." Selvedge Magazine (21: Jan/Feb). \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1972 CAT: Elaine Gaul; 1992 RECAT: Jason Baird Jackson; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6065/1972_14_0002v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6065/1972_14_0002v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6065/1972_14_0002d02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6065/1972_14_0002d03.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6065/1972_14_0002d04.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"detail","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6065/1972_14_0002v03.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"COINS","Maker":"[\"COHEN, EVA\"]","Date":"1930-1949","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:37","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["COINS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"s65mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6059","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1989-01-0003","TypeObjF008":"Quilt top with unfinished edge","AltNameF011":"Checkerboard","BrackmanF011a":"Brackman number 2276b (p. 284-285) and is called “Check,” “Four Patch,” and “Checkerboard.”","OverallWidthF12a":"66”","OverallLengthF012b":"86”","PredomColorsF014":["Brown","Red","Cream"],"OtherColorF014c":"The predominant colors in the patterned fabrics include multiple scraps in browns, reds, and oranges with other occasional fabrics such as yellow, blue, and pink.","OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Stains","Dirty"],"DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"ca. 1870-1880 assoc","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"20","SizeBlockF027":"Blocks made up of sixty-four 1.75” squares","SpacingF029":["Separated by sashing with cornerstones or connecting blocks"],"OtherSpaceF029a":"The cornerstones are nine patches.","SashWidthF032":"There is a 4.75” sashing with connecting cornerstone blocks separating the large checkerboard blocks. The cornerstone blocks in the sashing are two variations on the 9-patch block (Brackman numbers 1601a and 1601b without the signature [p. 204-205]) and are made out of the same 1.75” squares to create approximately 4.75” square blocks.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Print","Striped","Floral","Plaid","Dotted"],"ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"Half of these 64 squares in each block are darker colored patterned fabrics and half are a plain cream cotton. The first 9-patch variation has five patterned squares and four cream squares while the other variation has four patterned squares and five cream squares. The cornerstone blocks and large checkerboard blocks are laid out in such as way as to produce a diagonal pattern across the quilt. When the 9-patch blocks with the five patterned squares are used there is a diagonal line of patterned squares running through the sashing and the blocks and when the 9-patch block with four patterned squares is used there is a diagonal line of plain cream squares running through the sashing and the blocks. A secondary design such as this demonstrates deliberate and careful planning on the part of the quiltmaker. The sashing does not extend to the outside edges of the quilt top. The top is hand pieced with 12 small and even stitches per inch indicating that the maker of the top was an accomplished seamstress. The seam allowances are 0.25” and the maker did an excellent job of making the corners of the squares meet (which is necessary for producing the clear secondary diagonal design). The seams are pressed to one side instead of open. The top is unfinished and does not have any borders, backing or batting nor any evidence of the planned quilting pattern.","QuiltTechF049":["Not quilted"],"QuiltTopF054":"Allen, Dona (donor’s grandmother)","ProvCountyF057b":"Monroe","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: According to the inventory list on the Mathers Museum receipt form for this collection the quilt top was donated by Mrs. Ruth Reed (married to Vergil Reed) and is listed as “1 quilt top (S. Indiana) Mrs. Reed’s grandmother, surname Allen, Monroe Cty.” I am assuming that this means that Mrs. Reed’s grandmother made the quilt and that she lived in Monroe county.
According to information on the Ruth Reed located via Ancestry.com: Ruth Reed was born Ruth Robertson in Indiana, her mother was Nellie Robertson (married name), Nellie was born Nellie Allen in Indiana and her parents were Clarence Allen and Dona Allen. Nellie had eight siblings. Clarence and both of his parents were born in Indiana. Dona and her mother were born in Indiana, Dona’s father was born in Tennessee. Dona Allen was born in 1849, married Clarence Allen in 1874, had eight kids at home in 1900 and nine altogether. Clarence was a carpenter. Nellie grew up in Van Buren Twp, Monroe County. Vergil Reed (Ruth’s husband) was a university professor in Boston in 1930, living with his wife Ruth & mother-in-law Nellie Robertson.
The date estimate of ca. 1870-1880 was provided by Shelly Zegart on June 15, 2009 and is based on the fabrics in the top.
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Ancestry.com, accessed July 24, 2009 - Ruth Reed and Dona Allen’s family history
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Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"CB285","DateDataF006b":"4/9/1988","IfOtherF007d":"Maker pieced the quilt.","interviewerF007e":"Peggy Brooks","locationF007f":"Columbus","OwnerNameF010":"Cake Stand design","OverallWidthF12a":"186 cm","OverallLengthF012b":"364 cm","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Beige or Tan"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Poor/very worn","DamageF016":["Disintegration of fabric","Fading","Stains"],"OtherDamageF016a":"Yellowed","RepairHistF018":"Minimal repairs, color is irregular","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"85 pieced blocks, 84 plain blocks","SizeBlockF027":"13cm x 11.5cm","SpacingF029":["Alternating with plain squares"],"BlockStyleF030a":["Same block throughout"],"BordDescF034":"1/4, butted","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Multiple scrap"],"UniqueF037b":"Muslin weight","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"FabFiberTypesF040":["Cotton"],"ColorBackingF040b":["White"],"NumPiecesF042":"1 piece","ConstrucBindF046":["Separate binding applied","Straight grain"],"WidthBindF047":"less than a half inch","BindWidthF047a":"1/4\"","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","BattLoftF048a":"Thin","UniqueBattF048b":"Some of the filler shows.","QuiltTechF049":["Machine quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"White","DesignF052c":["Grid/crosshatch"],"DesignF052d":"Cross hatch in pieced and plain areas.","ProvenanceF058a":"Mrs. Herbert Woollen","ExhibitListF067a":"Museum exhibit 1979","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"601 E. 8th Street","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Indiana State Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2965/CB-285.jpg"],"dateverified":"2015-12-01","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"CAKE STAND DESIGN","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for digital humanities and social sciences and the Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"CB285.jpg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"68-104-4C6","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 04:20:59","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:04"},"sort":["CAKE STAND DESIGN"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"la5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6029","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1970-69-0049","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","AltNameF011":"Bricks","OverallWidthF12a":"71.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"83.75”","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Red","Green","Yellow","Pink","Orange","Cream"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Open seams","Tears or holes"],"DateQuiltF023":"1950-1975","FamDateF023c":"1970 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"One patch or allover","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton","Linen","Other synthetic"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral","Solid/plain","Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"The quilt also contains some interesting conversation prints, most noticeably: one of children playing pirates on a beach and one green fabric with men and women wearing blue and yellow placards (one piece of this fabric is reversed with some of the outlines of the people and their yellow and blue placards showing through the back of the fabric). Corduroy.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"This quilt is constructed out of variously sized squares and rectangles arranged into strips.","OtherFabF040a":"The backing fabric used on the quilt is constructed out of 2 pieces of red and white floral patterned fabric.","NumPiecesF042":"The backing pieces are 41.25” and 43” wide and are machine pieced together.","UniqueBindF045a":"Whip stitched in place.","ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":"The binding is 0.5” to 1.5” wide.","QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ThrColorF049b":"Green yarn","DesignF052d":"Tied in a rough grid pattern with 2.5” to 5.5” between each tie.","QuiltTopF054":"Magwood(s?), Ada (Ida?)","LocMadeF057a":"John's Island","ProvCountyF057b":"Charleston","ProvStateF057d":"South Carolina (SC)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"2009 RECAT: Collected for the Mathers Museum by Mary Arnold Twining during her field research in 1970 for her dissertation for the Folklore Institute at Indiana University.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"Gullah, African American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The maker of this quilt is referred to as Ida Magwood in Mary Arnold Twining’s 1977 dissertation (see p. 197 fig. 2).
The quilt is in excellent condition and appears to be unused. It might have been made for sale or Mary Twining might have purchased it before it could be used. According to Shelly Zegart during her June 15, 2009 visit to the museum, the fact that these quilts appear unused could also be because, like the women of Gee’s Bend, quilts were made to be sold and/or used. A quilt made for use could easily be sold if someone was interested in purchasing it.
The original catalog card for this quilt reads: “Condition: Original. Detail Description: This quilt has been made by Mrs. Ada Magwoods a member of the Gullah Negro Community; she has followed a traditional quilting technique used by the members of her community. The quilt is made, at one side of one single piece of cloth, the cloth is red with white flowers; at the other side it has several strips of cloth sewn together.”
Jason Jackson describe this quilts as follows: “A patchwork quilt of small blocks. Solids, prints, ginghams, plaids, in a very colorful arrangement. Backed with red on white abstract print which is also the border.”
In her dissertation Mary Twining connects the strip piecing method in the Gullah quilts to the piecing together of thin strips of woven fabric found in Africa. John Vlach utilized Twining’s research when he wrote the exhibit catalog, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts in which he uses images of the Gullah quilts from this collection and asserts that strip quilting is the most common form of African American quilting and that it is universally related to the African tradition of strip piecing of woven cloth. Shelly Zegart takes issue with Vlach’s generalization from a few localized examples, such as the Gullah quilts, stating that: “Folklorist John Vlach’s exhibit of African-American folk art and craft was the first to include quilts. By the mid-1980s Vlach’s early ideas about “Africanisms” had been expanded by art historian Maude Wahlman into a checklist and the theory that black quiltmakers were unconsciously reproducing African textile aesthetics.
Almost all of Vlach’s assumptions about African-American quilts have proved to be just that: assumptions made on little evidence. In her doctoral dissertation at The University of Texas, Margaret Roach notes that a decade later Vlach acknowledged his conclusions had been reached without a broad study of Southern quilts, and that these attributes or “Africanisms” were probably as much regional as racial.”
Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The maker of this quilt is referred to as Ida Magwood in Mary Arnold Twining’s 1977 dissertation (see p. 197 fig. 2).
The quilt is in excellent condition and appears to be unused. The backing fabric on this quilt is new unused cloth and is the same fabric as that used to back #s 1970-69-0050. This leads me to believe that either the women were buying fabric to share for quilts made to sell and not use or that the collector, Mary Twining supplied the fabric. According to Shelly Zegart during her June 15, 2009 visit to the museum, the fact that these quilts appear unused could also be because, like the women of Gee’s Bend, quilts were made to be sold and/or used. A quilt made for use could easily be sold if someone was interested in purchasing it.
The original catalog card for this quilt reads: “Condition: Original. Detail Description: This quilt has been made by Mrs. Ada Magwood a member of the Gullah Negro Community; she has followed a traditional quilting technique used by the members of her community. The quilt[is] made; at one side of one single piece of cloth in white with blue and green flowers; at the other side has [s]everal strips of cloth sewn together.”
Jason Jackson describe this quilts as follows: “A log cabin/strip quilt, bordered with blk on wht calico. Stripes, plaids, and prints. One end ends in a row of small solid blocks”
In her dissertation Mary Twining connects the strip piecing method in the Gullah quilts to the piecing together of thin strips of woven fabric found in Africa. John Vlach utilized Twining’s research when he wrote the exhibit catalog, The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts in which he uses images of the Gullah quilts from this collection and asserts that strip quilting is the most common form of African American quilting and that it is universally related to the African tradition of strip piecing of woven cloth.
Shelly Zegart takes issue with Vlach’s generalization from a few localized examples, such as the Gullah quilts, stating that: “Folklorist John Vlach’s exhibit of African-American folk art and craft was the first to include quilts. By the mid-1980s Vlach’s early ideas about “Africanisms” had been expanded by art historian Maude Wahlman into a checklist and the theory that black quiltmakers were unconsciously reproducing African textile aesthetics.
Almost all of Vlach’s assumptions about African-American quilts have proved to be just that: assumptions made on little evidence. In her doctoral dissertation at The University of Texas, Margaret Roach notes that a decade later Vlach acknowledged his conclusions had been reached without a broad study of Southern quilts, and that these attributes or “Africanisms” were probably as much regional as racial.”
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Twining, Mary Arnold. 1977. An Examination of African Retentions in the Folk Culture of the South Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands. Ph.D. dissertation, Indiana University, Folklore Institute.
Twining, Mary Arnold. 1991. \"Baskets and Quilts: Women in Sea Island Arts and Crafts\". In Mary A. Twining and Keith E. Baird, eds. Sea Island Roots: African Presence in the Carolinas and Georgia. Pp. 129-140. Trenton, NJ: Africa World Press.
Vlach, John Michael. 1977. The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art.
Cataloging History: 1971 CAT: E.G. Wallace; 1992 RECAT: Jason Baird Jackson; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6029/1970_69_0049v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6029/1970_69_0049v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6029/1970_69_0049d02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6029/1970_69_0049d03.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6029/1970_69_0049v03.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6029/1970_69_0049d06.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"BRICKS","Maker":"[\"MAGWOOD(S?), ADA (IDA?)\"]","Date":"1950-1975","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:38:40","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["BRICKS"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"nK5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6036","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1974-28-0067","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","TypeObjOtherF008a":"quilt, toy","AltNameF011":"Bow Tie","BrackmanF011a":"Brackman number for the block pattern in this quilt is #2533 and is also known as “Necktie,” “Colonial Bow Tie,” and “Peekhole” (p. 314-315).","OverallWidthF12a":"10.25”","OverallLengthF012b":"10.5”","PredomColorsF014":["Pink","Blue","White"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Dirty","Stains","Fading"],"DateQuiltF023":"1901-1929","FamDateF023c":"1909 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"4","SpacingF029":["Side by side"],"FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Striped"],"UniqueF037b":"The background fabric in the blocks is blue with a woven design. One of the blue patches has been constructed out of two separate pieces of fabric.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"OtherFabF040a":"The backing consists of 1 piece of navy blue fabric with green, pink, and tan floral designs. The backing is possibly made of felt.","ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Hand sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":".25\"","QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ThrColorF049b":"Hand tied with yellow, white, and blue yarn.","LocMadeF057a":"Ray Township","ProvCountyF057b":"Morgan","ProvStateF057d":"Indiana (IN)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Gift","ProvenanceF058a":"1974 DONOR [Gilbert E. Coble?] Stated that the quilt was given to the donor by a neighbor at the age of five (see p.2 of the Coble notes dated 10/31/74 in the file) 1975 CAT [Elaine Bass]: “Where collected: Paragon-Gosport area, Indiana.”","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: The date of the object is based off of the birthday of the donor (Gilbert E. Coble) with five years added to it as the object was cataloged as having been a gift to Coble from a neighbor at age 5. Ellen Siber and I looked up the family history on Ancestry.com and found Gilbert Coble listed with a birthday of 1904. The original object date listed was 1908 but it was changed to reflect Coble’s 1904 birthdate. In addition, Coble’s grandparents on his father’s side came from North Carolina (grandfather) and Indiana (grandmother) while his grandparents on his mother’s side came from North Carolina (grandfather) and Kentucky (grandmother). Coble’s father was a farmer.
I also removed the designation of this quilt as “miniature.” In quilting terminology a miniature quilt is scaled down with block sizes proportional to the overall size of the quilt. The blocks in this quilt are not scaled down and thus, given the fact that the donor’s indicated that this was used as a toy, the term “doll quilt” is better.
The original catalog card for this quilt reads: Type of specimen: Doll’s quilt, circa 1908. Detailed Description: One doll’s quilt. Backing made of felt (navy with small design of brown, green, beige, pink). Top made of cotton (one blue with dark blue designs throughout; the other pink with white stripes and white v-shaped designs). Quilted with blue, white, and yellow thread. 26cm by 26cm. Where collected: Paragon-Gosport area, Indiana”
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Ancestry.com - Coble family history for Gilbert Coble’s birthdate and object local
1910 United States census accessed through Ancestry.com
Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1975 CAT: Elaine Bass; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6036/1974_28_0067v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6036/1974_28_0067v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6036/1974_28_0067v02.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"back","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"BOW TIE","Date":"1901-1929","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:07","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["BOW TIE"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"rq5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6054","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0041","TypeObjF008":"Quilt blocks or pieces","AltNameF011":"Basket","BrackmanF011a":"The pattern in this block is Brackman number 700 (p.92-93) and is also called “Cactus Pot.”","OverallWidthF12a":"10”","OverallLengthF012b":"10”","PredomColorsF014":["Red","Pink","White"],"OverCondF015":"Very good/almost new","DamageF016":["Wear to edge or binding"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The edges are beginning to fray.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1900 owner/collector","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Striped","Floral"],"UniqueF037b":"The fabric used to make the “basket” is pink and white printed stripes. The other background fabric is red with a small printed floral design.","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing"],"UniqueF038h":"The block is constructed out of variously sized triangles, squares, and rectangles. The block is pieced with white thread, 5-6 stitches per inch, and 0.25” or less seam allowances. The seams are pressed to one side instead of open.","ConstrucBindF046":["Unfinished/raw edge"],"ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar’s Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin. Original Sage Collection number was 1970.42L.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"2019-08-05","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: Donated to the Elizabeth Sage collection by Mrs. Iva Kirwin and described on the Sage collection’s documentation card for number 1970.42L as “other quilt block”. The date on the Sage collection documentation card is 1900. This is the origin of the object date in this catalog.
In her May, 1989 cataloguing notes, Marlys K. DeBell identified this block as “Patchwork quilt square: ‘baskets.’ There are many variations. This pattern is a cross between the two pictured” on p. 66 of Rachel Pellman and Kennth Pellman’s book The World of Amish Quilts (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 1984) and p. 431 of William C. Ketchum’s book Quilts (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982).
Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: Brackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter’s Society).
Cataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"BASKET","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX, Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online at Michigan State University","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 17:39:58","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["BASKET"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"uq5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6066","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1988-02-0005","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","TypeObjOtherF008a":"Crib quilt","AltNameF011":"A Plain Block, Nine Patch, Sheepfold Quilt, Irish Chain, Counterpoint","BrackmanF011a":"Brackman number 2020 or 2021 (p. 254-255).","OverallWidthF12a":"39.5\"","OverallLengthF012b":"41.75\"","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Brown","Cream","Pink","Red","White"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Good/moderate use","DamageF016":["Discoloration or dyes ran","Stains","Tears or holes"],"OtherDamageF016a":"The quilt is stained and the lighter colored fabrics (whites and creams) are discolored. The piecing stitching is coming undone in a few places closer to the edge, and the quilting stitches are coming out in a few different locations around the quilt.","DateQuiltF023":"1876-1900","FamDateF023c":"1884 owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"The quilt is 9 blocks by 10 blocks.","SizeBlockF027":"4\" x 4\". The blocks are constructed out of five squares with an approximately 1 inch square in each corner a larger approximately 2 inch square in the center, and four rectangles (2 inches by 1 inch) on each side of the center square. ","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Alternating with plain squares"],"NumBordersF033":"1","BordDescF034":"2.5\" wide. The corners of the border are not mitered but meet at a right angle. They are made up of pieces of varying length.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Floral"],"UniqueF037b":"Although the blocks are all made with different fabric combinations each individual block only contains two fabrics with the five squares all cut out of one fabric and the four rectangles done in the other. The plain squares in the quilt are made out of the same fabric that was used in the borders, backing, and binding of the quilt. This fabric is white with a small green and red leaf and berry pattern.","ConstrucF038":["Foundation Piecing","Hand Piecing"],"NumPiecesF042":"2","WidthPiecesF042a":"One piece is 23.25\" wide and the other is 16.25\" wide.","DescBackF043":["Same fabric used throughout"],"UniqueBindF045a":"Mitered corners.","ConstrucBindF046":["Separate binding applied","Straight grain","Back turned to front","Hand sewn","Machine sewn"],"BindWidthF047a":".25\"","QuiltTechF049":["Machine quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"White","NumStitchF051":"21 machine stitches per inch","WidthF051a":"2.75\"","DesignF052d":"A diagonal grid that creates an X centered in each block. On the back there are two spots where the machine thread knotted while the quilt was being quilted.","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"ProvenanceF058a":"1988 CAT [Registrar's Inventory]: Transferred to the Mathers Museum from the Elizabeth Sage Collection on Feb. 29, 1988. Originally donated to the Sage Collection by Mrs. Robert Burke. Original Sage Collection number was 19.1682.","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","EthnicF101":"European American","essay":"Curatorial Cataloger Comments. 2009 RECAT: \r\nThe original Elizabeth Sage Collection documentation card for #19.1682 reads: "Quilt, 1884, crib quilt- patchwork, calico, machine quilted, printed backgroun, used by Robert Burke (husband of door) as infant. Donor: Mrs. Robert Burke." \r\n \r\nRobert E. Burke (user of the quilt) was born in Connecticut in the mid 1880s. According to the 1920 and 1930 census Robert had married his wife, Avis Adelaide Tarrant Burke, and was living in Bloomington. Robert was a Fine Arts professor at Indiana University and Avis was a public school teacher in 1920 and an executive at the Extension Office in 1930. \r\n \r\nOriginal Elizabeth Sage Collection object tag reads: "Inf. Cl. Qu. 1884--2, Donated by Mrs. Robert E. Burke \r\n \r\nOn June 15, 2009 Shelly Zegart saw this quilt at the museum and estimated it to have been made 1870-1880 based on the fabrics. We are guessing that the ca. 1884 is based on Robert Burke's birth year. \r\n \r\nThis quilt has a Indiana Quilt Registry Project form that was apparently not turned in. The following information comes from this form and may or may not be accurate: "Quilt was made c. 1884, in Indiana for the birth of Robert Burke, batting is cotton." Information was recorded by P. Brooks on 3/1/88. \r\n \r\nIn her 1989 cataloguing notes Marlys K. DeBell states that this quilt ("patchwork baby quilt") was not illustrated as she "could not find adequate research material." \r\n \r\nCataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nBrackman, Barbara. 1993. Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns. (Paducah, KY: American Quilter's Society). \r\n \r\nFamily information from Ancestry.com and U.S. census accessed through Ancestry.com, accessed July 24, 2009. \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1989 CAT: Marlys K. DeBell; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6066/1988_02_0005v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6066/1988_02_0005v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6066/1988_02_0005d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6066/1988_02_0005d02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6066/1988_02_0005v02.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"front and back","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6066/1988_02_0005d03.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"A PLAIN BLOCK NINE PATCH SHEEPFOLD QUILT IRISH CHAIN COUNTERPOINT","Date":"1876-1900","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:22:37","updated_at":"2024-02-26 14:35:19"},"sort":["A PLAIN BLOCK NINE PATCH SHEEPFOLD QUILT IRISH CHAIN COUNTERPOINT"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"QK5mWZEB8akQsUweMXoN","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-2871","InstNameF003":["Indiana State Museum"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004":"CB287","DateDataF006b":"4/9/1988","IfOtherF007d":"Maker pieced the quilt.","interviewerF007e":"Peggy Brooks","locationF007f":"Columbus","TypeObjOtherF008a":"Comforter","AltNameF011":"9 patch","OverallWidthF12a":"163 cm","OverallLengthF012b":"206 cm","ShapeEdgeF013":"Straight","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Gray","Pink","Red"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Excellent/like new","LayFormatF024":"Block pattern","NumBlockF026":"36 pieced blocks, 36 plain blocks","SizeBlockF027":"20cm x 20cm","ArrangeBlockF028":"Straight","SpacingF029":["Alternating with plain squares"],"BlockStyleF030a":["Same block throughout"],"BordDescF034":"plain strips-on sides, butted","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"FabPrintF037":["Multiple scrap"],"UniqueF037b":"Muslin weight","ConstrucF038":["Hand Piecing","Machine Piecing"],"NumPiecesF042":"1 piece","ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front"],"BindWidthF047a":"7.5cm","MatUsedF048":"Cotton","BattLoftF048a":"Medium","UniqueBattF048b":"Some of the filler shows.","QuiltTechF049":["Tied or tufted"],"ThrTypeF049a":"Yarn","ThrColorF049b":"Gold","AcquiredF058":"Purchase","ProvenanceF058a":"Wm. Aspinall","OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"601 E. 8th Street","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Indiana State Museum","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-2871/CB-287.jpg"],"dateverified":"2015-12-01","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"9 PATCH","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for digital humanities and social sciences and the Michigan State University Museum","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","InvenNumF075":"CB287.jpg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","legacy_kid":"68-104-46E","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"1","created_at":"2020-04-26 04:20:21","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:04"},"sort":["9 PATCH"]},{"_index":"main_quilt_index_quilt_1_25_","_type":"_doc","_id":"ta5mWZEB8akQsUweOYY8","_score":null,"_source":{"kid":"39-40-6061","InstNameF003":["Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology"],"InstProjNameF003a":"Indiana Quilt Registry Project; Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Collection","InstInvContrNumF004a":"1965-56-0003","TypeObjF008":"Finished quilt","OwnerNameF010":"8-pointed Star","BrackmanF011a":"Brackman 3772 (p. 456-457)","OverallWidthF12a":"71.5\"","OverallLengthF012b":"84\"","ShapeCornersF013b":"Straight","PredomColorsF014":["Blue","Green","Pink","Purple","Red","Turquoise or Teal","Yellow"],"OverallColorF14b":["Multicolor"],"OverCondF015":"Excellent/like new","DateQuiltF023":"1950-1975","FamDateF023c":"ca. 7/26/1965? owner/collector","LayFormatF024":"Medallion or framed center","NumBlockF026":"288 diamonds set together to form an 8-pointed star design. The star is constructed out of 11 rows of solid colored cotton diamonds radiating out from the center. ","BlockStyleF030a":["Diamonds"],"NumBordersF033":"2","BordDescF034":"Has borders in the same color as star ground on two sides making the quilt longer than it is wide.","FiberTypesF035":["Cotton"],"ConstrucF038":["Machine Piecing"],"ColorBackingF040b":["Black","White"],"NumPiecesF042":"2","WidthPiecesF042a":"One piece is 35.25\" wide and the other is 37.5\" wide.","DescBackF043":["Machine sewn","Print","Same fabric used throughout"],"ConstrucBindF046":["Back turned to front","Machine sewn"],"QuiltTechF049":["Hand quilting"],"ThrColorF049b":"White","NumStitchedF050":"4","WidthF051a":"2","DesignF052d":"All-over-design, clamshell, overlapping partial circles, similar to the clamshell quilting design. Each partial circle consists of 5 row of quilting radiation out like ripples in a pond with approximately 2\" between each row of stitching.","QuiltTopF054":"Chase, Eleanor","LocMadeF057a":"Fort Berthold","ProvStateF057d":"North Dakota (ND)","ProvCountryF057f":["United States"],"AcquiredF058":"Purchase","PresUseF062":["Museum collection"],"OwnershipF082":"Public Museum, Library or Institution","OwnerNameF082a":"Indiana University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology","OwnerAddressF083":"416 N Indiana Ave","OwnerCityF084":"Bloomington","OwnerStateF086":"Indiana (IN)","OwnerCountryF086b":["United States"],"SourceInfoF088b":"Ellen Seiber","DateObtainedF088c":"8/5/2019","GenderF098":["Female"],"BirthDateF099":"April 12, 1906","BirthplaceCityF098a":"Fort Berthold","BirthplaceStateF098b":"North Dakota","BirthplaceCountryF098d":"United States","MarriageF099b":"1940","DeathF100":"December 31, 1980","EthnicF101":"Arikara, Native American","OccupationF104":"Cook and school matron","EnviroF104c":["Rural"],"FatherNameF109":"Red Bear","EthBkgrndF110":"Arikara","MotherNameF111":"Julia Bull Neck","EthBkgrndF112":"Arikara","SpouseF113":"Chase, Frank","OccupationF115":"Farmer; Farmer","WhyQuiltF119":["Pleasure"],"OtherF119a":"Heritage connection","essay":"Cataloging Consulted References. 2009 RECAT: \r\nAlbers, Patricia and Medicine, Beatrice. "The Role of Sioux Women in the Production of Ceremonial Objects: The Case of the Star Quilt." In The Hidden Half: Studies of Plains Indian Women. Pp. 123-140. Washington, DC: University Press of America, 1983. \r\n \r\nMacDowell, Marsha L, and Dewhurst, C. Kurt, eds. 1997. To Honor and Comfort: Native Quilting Traditions. (Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press). \r\n \r\nParker, Linda, and Eder, Jeanne Oyawin. 1997. Montana Star Quilts (Helena, MT: Montana Quilts). \r\n \r\nParks, Douglas R. and Alfred Morsette. 1991. Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press in cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University). \r\n \r\nCopy of the stories told by Eleanor in Parks and Morsette's book are available at http://zia.aisri.indiana.edu/~corpora/ArikaraNarrators.php, accessed June 26, 2009. \r\n \r\nCataloging History: 1965? CAT W.P. Rolph; 1992 RECAT Jason Baird Jackson; 2009 RECAT: Janice Frisch","AccessF080":"Restricted","HolderF080a":"Mathers Museum of World Cultures, all rights reserved","ReposFile":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6061/1965_56_0003v01.jpg"],"zoom":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6061/1965_56_0003v01z.jpg"],"Detail 1":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6061/1965_56_0003d01.jpg"],"Detail 1 Caption":"detail","Detail 2":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6061/1965_56_0003d02.jpg"],"Detail 2 Caption":"detail","Detail 3":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6061/1965_56_0003v03.jpg"],"Detail 3 Caption":"back","Detail 4":["https://kora.quiltindex.org/files/39-40-6061/1965_56_0003d03.jpg"],"Detail 4 Caption":"back close-up","dateverified":"2021-03-16","dateverified_era":"CE","verify":"yes","verifiedby":"Beth Donaldson","Pattern":"8-POINTED STAR","Maker":"[\"CHASE, ELEANOR\"]","Date":"1950-1975","Contributing Institutions":"MATRIX: Center for Digital Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of History","Publisher":"Quilt Index","Resource Type":"Still Image","function":"Image - large display (550 or more pixels)","file medium":"image","file format":"jpeg","ImageConF075a":"Quilt","ImageTypeF076":"Color","project_id":"39","form_id":"40","owner":"7","created_at":"2021-03-16 18:21:40","updated_at":"2024-02-23 19:14:15"},"sort":["8-POINTED STAR"]}]}}
