1800-1849

Bird in a Window

Date Made: 1800-1849

Bird in a Window

Location Made: Georgetown, Ohio (OH) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-27

KID: 8-5-27

1800-1849

Grapes

Dearing, Elizabeth

Date Made: 1800-1849

Grapes

Creator: Dearing, Elizabeth

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-33

KID: 8-5-33

1800-1849

Sunburst variatio...

Bratton, ?

Date Made: 1800-1849

Sunburst variation with Applique

Creator: Bratton, ?

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-160

KID: 8-5-160

1800-1849

Whole cloth

Wilhite, Telitha Sh...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Whole cloth

Creator: Wilhite, Telitha Shepperd

Location Made: Monticello, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Documentation says the quilt contains one and one half million stitches.

8-5-369

KID: 8-5-369

1800-1849

Princess Feather ...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Princess Feather with Stars

Location Made: Covington, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-382

KID: 8-5-382

1800-1849

Silk quilt with S...

Philadelphia, Ladie...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Silk quilt with Stars

Creator: Philadelphia, Ladies

Location Made: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Fabrics: Silk

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-386

KID: 8-5-386

1800-1849

Silk quilt with p...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Silk quilt with printed patches

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Silk

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-387

KID: 8-5-387

1800-1849

Tulip Quilt

Ann, a sixteen year...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Tulip Quilt

Creator: Ann, a sixteen year old slave on the plantation of Captain and Mrs. William Womack

Location Made: Virginia (VA) United States

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

8-5-441

KID: 8-5-441

1800-1849

Applique Flowers

Wilkins, Lucinda

Date Made: 1800-1849

Applique Flowers

Creator: Wilkins, Lucinda

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Green dye was from grass, the orange from copper, the brown from hickory bark.

8-5-708

KID: 8-5-708

1800-1849

Flower Garden

Bell, Sara

Date Made: 1800-1849

Flower Garden

Creator: Bell, Sara

Location Made: Georgetown, Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Silk, Velvet, Solid/plain, Plaid, Print

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-754

KID: 8-5-754

1800-1849

Strips

Amos, Suki

Date Made: 1800-1849

Strips

Creator: Amos, Suki

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-795

KID: 8-5-795

1800-1849

Multi Stars

Hazelwood, Martha T...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Multi Stars

Creator: Hazelwood, Martha Trice

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Made while awaiting the birth of her first child.

8-5-96

KID: 8-5-96

1800-1849

Churn Dasher

Coomes, Margaret

Date Made: 1800-1849

Churn Dasher

Creator: Coomes, Margaret

Location Made: Knottsville, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-131

KID: 8-5-131

1800-1849

Star variation wi...

Givens, Mary Louisa...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Star variation with nine patch centers

Creator: Givens, Mary Louisa

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Print, Checked, Striped, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-132

KID: 8-5-132

1800-1849

Wild Rose

Davis, Mary Ann

Date Made: 1800-1849

Wild Rose

Creator: Davis, Mary Ann

Location Made: Princeton, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-140

KID: 8-5-140

1800-1849

Stars upon Stars

Ellis, Polly Haugh

Date Made: 1800-1849

Stars upon Stars

Creator: Ellis, Polly Haugh

Location Made: Greenville, Tennessee (TN) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-171

KID: 8-5-171

1800-1849

Sunburst variatio...

Thomas, Mrs. Cather...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Sunburst variation

Creator: Thomas, Mrs. Catherine

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Print

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-174

KID: 8-5-174

1800-1849

Six Pointed Star ...

Gilmore, Mrs. Eliza...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Six Pointed Star with Flags

Creator: Gilmore, Mrs. Elizabeth

Location Made: Somerset, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-198

KID: 8-5-198

1800-1849

Lone Star

Trabue, Fannie Sale...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Lone Star

Creator: Trabue, Fannie Sales

Location Made: Pembroke, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Vine border.

8-5-361

KID: 8-5-361

1800-1849

Applique

Date Made: 1800-1849

Applique

Location Made: Georgia (GA) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Exquisite quilt of its type.

8-5-370

KID: 8-5-370

1800-1849

Date Made: 1800-1849

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Bright chintzes

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-385

KID: 8-5-385

1800-1849

Star Quilt, Reel ...

Slave, labor on a p...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Star Quilt, Reel Quilt

Creator: Slave, labor on a plantation

Location Made: Sedalia, Missouri (MO) United States

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

8-5-406

KID: 8-5-406

1800-1849

Star of Bethlehem...

Brooks, Mrs. Mary (...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Star of Bethlehem variation

Creator: Brooks, Mrs. Mary (Nancy?) Bird

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain, Plaid, Striped

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-444

KID: 8-5-444

1800-1849

Eastern Star

Date Made: 1800-1849

Eastern Star

Location Made: Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Fabrics: Cotton, Printed patchwork

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project; International Quilt Museum; Holstein Collection

Exhibited as part of The Kentucky Quilt Project Inc's Louisville Celebrates the American Quilt in "Abstract Design in American Quilt"

8-5-543

KID: 8-5-543

1800-1849

White Counterpane...

Tish, a slave

Date Made: 1800-1849

White Counterpane

Creator: Tish, a slave

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Said to be made by a slave.

8-5-79

KID: 8-5-79

1800-1849

Star of Bethlehem...

Scott, Juda A. (Jud...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Star of Bethlehem

Creator: Scott, Juda A. (Judy Ann)

Location Made: Temple Hill, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Cotton, Maroon border dyed with pokeberry.

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-92

KID: 8-5-92

1800-1849

Eight Point Star

Gilmore, Mrs. Eliza...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Eight Point Star

Creator: Gilmore, Mrs. Elizabeth

Location Made: Somerset, Maine (ME) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-199

KID: 8-5-199

1800-1849

Flower Garden

Nichols, Betsy Wels...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Flower Garden

Creator: Nichols, Betsy Welsh

Location Made: Louisville, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Floral, Solid/plain, Plaid

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-276

KID: 8-5-276

1800-1849

Applique

Date Made: 1800-1849

Applique

Location Made: United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-329

KID: 8-5-329

1800-1849

Georgetown Circle...

Hancock, or

Date Made: 1800-1849

Georgetown Circle variation

Creator: Hancock, or

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-679

KID: 8-5-679

1800-1849

Star

Norton, Mary Hise

Date Made: 1800-1849

Star

Creator: Norton, Mary Hise

Location Made: Russellville, Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting, Stuffed work

Fabrics: Silk, Other, taffeta

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Documentation says "Ask to have on permanent display at the Smithsonian Museum."

8-5-723

KID: 8-5-723

1800-1849

Basket of Flowers...

Yelton, ??

Date Made: 1800-1849

Basket of Flowers variation

Creator: Yelton, ??

Location Made: Butler, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-43

KID: 8-5-43

1800-1849

White Counterpane...

Date Made: 1800-1849

White Counterpane

Location Made: United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-54

KID: 8-5-54

1800-1849

Princess Feather

Dudderar, Elizabeth...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Princess Feather

Creator: Dudderar, Elizabeth Jane

Location Made: Stanford, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Princess feather pieces said to be hand dyed in red and green from berries. Lining was hand spun.

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-86

KID: 8-5-86

1800-1849

Applique

Hines, Martha Jane

Date Made: 1800-1849

Applique

Creator: Hines, Martha Jane

Location Made: Big Bend, Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Designed, appliqued and quilted as a needlework training project by the maker.

8-5-133

KID: 8-5-133

1800-1849

Lone Star

Weddle, Mary Hopkin...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Lone Star

Creator: Weddle, Mary Hopkins

Location Made: Dayton, Ohio (OH) United States

Fabrics: Cotton, Chintz, Print, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-154

KID: 8-5-154

1800-1849

Tulip

Hart, Mary Lucy

Date Made: 1800-1849

Tulip

Creator: Hart, Mary Lucy

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-159

KID: 8-5-159

1800-1849

Star variation

Fox, Mrs.

Date Made: 1800-1849

Star variation

Creator: Fox, Mrs.

Location Made: Somerset, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-228

KID: 8-5-228

1800-1849

Whole cloth quilt...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Whole cloth quilt

Location Made: United States

Fabrics: Cotton

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-323

KID: 8-5-323

1800-1849

Framed Medallion ...

Jolly, Frances M.

Date Made: 1800-1849

Framed Medallion Quilt Top

Creator: Jolly, Frances M.

Location Made: Massachusetts (MA) United States

Fabrics: Silk, Wool

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

8-5-438

KID: 8-5-438

1800-1849

Embroidered hexag...

Dayne, Martha

Date Made: 1800-1849

Embroidered hexagon

Creator: Dayne, Martha

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-538

KID: 8-5-538

1800-1849

Rose of Sharon

Stanby, Mrs. Lucy B...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Rose of Sharon

Creator: Stanby, Mrs. Lucy Berry

Location Made: Bedford, Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-672

KID: 8-5-672

1800-1849

Eight Point Star

Amos, Suki

Date Made: 1800-1849

Eight Point Star

Creator: Amos, Suki

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain, Print

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-796

KID: 8-5-796

1800-1849

Friendship

Date Made: 1800-1849

Friendship

Location Made: United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Quilt was made for Elizabeth Briggs Holt in England who brought it to Pennsylvania as part of her trousseau

8-5-121

KID: 8-5-121

1800-1849

Original Applique...

Hart, Mrs.

Date Made: 1800-1849

Original Applique

Creator: Hart, Mrs.

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-158

KID: 8-5-158

1800-1849

Applique Floral

Thomas, Mary Logwoo...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Applique Floral

Creator: Thomas, Mary Logwood (Polly)

Location Made: Cedar Hill, Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-221

KID: 8-5-221

1800-1849

Date Made: 1800-1849

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Maker picked the cotton, spun and wove the material prior to making the quilt.

8-5-232

KID: 8-5-232

1800-1849

Princess Feather ...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Princess Feather variation, Applique

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Other, hand loomed material

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-325

KID: 8-5-325

1800-1849

Triple Irish Chai...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Triple Irish Chain

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Plaid, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-375

KID: 8-5-375

1800-1849

Battle of Tippeca...

Dean, Mary Eliza Go...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Battle of Tippecanoe

Creator: Dean, Mary Eliza Godman

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-378

KID: 8-5-378

1800-1849

Ohio Whirly Gig

Date Made: 1800-1849

Ohio Whirly Gig

Location Made: United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-735

KID: 8-5-735

1800-1849

Irish Chain

Date Made: 1800-1849

Irish Chain

Location Made: Pennsylvania (PA) United States

Fabrics: Handwoven

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

Used during the Civil war by a second generation.

8-5-780

KID: 8-5-780

1800-1849

Stars

Matlock, Mrs.

Date Made: 1800-1849

Stars

Creator: Matlock, Mrs.

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Fabrics: Solid/plain, Print, Striped

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-93

KID: 8-5-93

1800-1849

Applique and Piec...

Barrister, sisters

Date Made: 1800-1849

Applique and Pieced Lilly variation

Creator: Barrister, sisters

Location Made: Covington, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-383

KID: 8-5-383

1800-1849

Broderie Perse Me...

Davis, Johanna

Date Made: 1800-1849

Broderie Perse Medallion Quilt Top

Creator: Davis, Johanna

Location Made: Charlestown, South Carolina (SC) United States

Fabrics: Cotton, Other, Chintz, Glazed, Muslin

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

8-5-435

KID: 8-5-435

1800-1849

Applique

Howell, Susan

Date Made: 1800-1849

Applique

Creator: Howell, Susan

Location Made: United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-671

KID: 8-5-671

1800-1849

Road to Californi...

Hall, Kate

Date Made: 1800-1849

Road to California

Creator: Hall, Kate

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-702

KID: 8-5-702

1800-1849

Hexagon in a hexa...

Winchester, Martha ...

Date Made: 1800-1849

Hexagon in a hexagon

Creator: Winchester, Martha Crittendon

Location Made: Lexington, Kentucky (KY) United States

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-748

KID: 8-5-748

1800-1849

Washington's Plum...

Griffith, Minerva

Date Made: 1800-1849

Washington's Plume

Creator: Griffith, Minerva

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Fabrics: Cotton, Solid/plain

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-761

KID: 8-5-761

1800-1849

Dutch Windmill

Litsey, Mary Head

Date Made: 1800-1849

Dutch Windmill

Creator: Litsey, Mary Head

Location Made: Kentucky (KY) United States

Quilting Techniques: Hand quilting

Project: Kentucky Quilt Project

8-5-772

KID: 8-5-772