QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

938

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner; Relative of quiltmaker; Other

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter in law of the quilt maker

When was the form filled out?

04-23-1990

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:

Hill, Ann C.

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Double Wedding Ring

How wide is the quilt?

66 in.

How long is the quilt?

88 in.

Shape of edge:

Rounded

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Describe any colors not included in the other color fields:

Aqua

Quilt's condition:

Unknown/Not Rated

Repairs:

Other

Describe the repairs:

Documentation notes "backing pieced to repair".

Time period:

1930-1949

Family/owner's date for quilt:

c. 1930

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Multiple scrap

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Describe the back:

Print; Solid/plain

How is the binding made?

Machine sewn; Separate binding applied

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

Quilting designs described as parallel lines, crossing lines.

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

Condition not rated but noted as used and worn. Needlework noted described as fair. Quilting stitches per inch are not measured but stitches are noted as large.

Quilt top made by:

Bontley, Mary Theresa Mitchell

Quilted by:

Bontley, Mary Theresa Mitchell

Where the quilt was made, city:

Monticello

Where the quilt was made, state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

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

Per owner this quilt was made when maker was in her 60's. This quilt is one of two quilts of the same pattern made by the maker.

Where did the maker get their materials?

Purchased new; Sewing scraps

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Mitchell

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker

Quiltmaker's city:

Monticello

Quiltmaker's state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

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

Bontley, John Jacob William

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

Town Grocer

Number of children:

6

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

5

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Owner related the maker made "many" quilts, " scattered around Wisconsin".

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Wisconsin Museum of Quilts & Fiber Arts