QUILT INDEX RECORD

15-11-1741

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Who documented this quilt?

Wisconsin Quilt History Project

Wisconsin Quilt History Project Number:

635

When was the form filled out?

11-04-1989

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

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

Inherited

Interviewer:

Linda Springer

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

St. Therese, Appleton, WI

This is a:

Finished quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Crazy

How wide is the quilt?

56.5 inches

How long is the quilt?

78 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Other

Describe the damage:

Damaged - form does not indicate what the damage is.

When was the quilt finished?

pre-1898 (maker died in 1898)

Family/owner's date for quilt:

Maker died at age 35 in 1898

Describe the quilt's layout:

Crazy

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Velvet

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Multiple scrap

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery; Other embellishment technique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Gold fringe on top and bottom

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Description of the back:

Color is light rose

What color is the back of the quilt?

Pink

Describe the back:

Solid/plain

Describe the binding:

Binding applied by hand

How is the binding made?

Separate binding applied

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

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

Needlework : excellent

Quilt top made by:

Kreeshaw; Orianna Seymour

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Owner (Anne Glasner) inherited quilt from her late mother. Owner's grandmother (Orianna Seymour Kneeshaw) made the quilt.

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

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

Quilt owner has 1 photo of quiltmaker.

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Owner (Ann Glasner) has letters including a rending description of her death from typhoid.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Appleton

Quilt owner's county:

Outagamie

Quilt owner's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

c. 1863

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

c. 1898

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Small Evangelical Church

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

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

Farmer

Number of children:

5

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Quiltmaker's parents lived in and around Holdridge, Nebraska.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts

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