QUILT INDEX RECORD

15-11-1824

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:

681

Person filling out this form is:

Blood relative of quiltmaker

Source of the information on this quilt:

Great Grand Daughter to the quiltmaker

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:

Andean Alstad

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

St. Therese School in Appleton, WI

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Dresden plate

Owner's name for quilt:

Dresden plate

How wide is the quilt?

76 in.

How long is the quilt?

68 in.

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Describe any colors not included in the other color fields:

Pastel blocks on a white background

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Type of inscription:

Other

Describe the type of inscription:

None noted

Time period:

1901-1929

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c. 1900

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

25

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

one

Number of borders:

one

Describe the borders:

Six inch straight border, Color: floral pink

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Broadcloth; Feedsack

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Floral; Multiple scrap; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Other applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

How is the binding made?

Hand sewn; Separate binding applied

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Thin (Less than 3/16

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Echo

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Other

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

Hand quilting of excellent quality in small, even stitches to echo the Dresden with circles.

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

Appliqued Design. condition: used, faded, damaged, fragile.

Quilt top made by:

Gordon, Inie Bennett

Quilted by:

Gordon, Inie Bennett

Where the quilt was made, city:

Mineral Point

Where the quilt was made, county:

Iowa

Where the quilt was made, state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Current quilt owner obtained the quilt from her mother, Carolyn U Gordon Ren.

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Quilt owners family would use the quilt to lay on it in the sun.

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

For daughter-in-law, Agnes Huxtable Gordon

Where did the maker get their materials?

Feed or flour sacks; Old clothes

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Pockat, Marcia

Quilt owner's city:

Oshkosh

Quilt owner's county:

Winnebago

Quilt owner's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Bennett

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1880

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1960

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

United church of christ in Mineral Point, WI

Quiltmaker's county:

Iowa

Quiltmaker's city:

Mineral Point

Quiltmaker's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

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

Gordon, Roy

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

Farmer

Number of children:

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

5

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts

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