QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-3499

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

99.1060

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Lord's Prayer

How wide is the quilt?

66"

How long is the quilt?

86"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

5

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Type of inscription:

Message

What is inscribed on the quilt?

THE LORDS PRAYER. OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN. HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THEY KINGDOM COME THY EILL BE DONE IN EARTH. AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY. OUR DAILY BREAD. AND FORGIVE OUR DEBTS. AS WE FOR GIVE OUR DEBTORS. LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM. THE POWER. AND THE GLORY. FOR EVER. AMEN

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Peach

When was the quilt started?

1928

When was the quilt finished?

1930

Time period:

1901-1929

Where the quilt was made, city:

Atlanta

Where the quilt was made, county:

Fulton

Where the quilt was made, state:

Georgia (GA)

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Autumn Comforts Quilt Show, sponsored by the Marquette County Quilter's Association, Marquette, MI, October 22-23, 1994, Northern Michigan University Great Lakes Rooms

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Quilt Show Catalogue

Quilt top made by:

Drake, John

Quilted by:

Drake, John

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's gender:

Male

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

3/1978

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

African American Indian; Native American

Quiltmaker's educational background:

some college

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Chemical Laboratory/Procter and Gamble

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Drake, John

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

African American

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Drake, Elenora Cade

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Indian

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

Drake, Wanda

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Secretary

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Quilt owner's name:

Gwendolyn Chapman

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

This quilt was made by the owner's brother, at age 9 or 10, with a little help from his grandmother.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Gwinn

Quilt owner's county:

Marquette

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

Pieced