QUILT INDEX RECORD

16-12-187

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

DAR Museum

Who documented this quilt?

DAR Museum; Permanent Collection

DAR Number:

98.35

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Album Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Friendship quilt, Apple Pie Ridge Star

How wide is the quilt?

103 inches

How long is the quilt?

100 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White; Red

Overall color scheme:

Two color

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Type of inscription:

Initials; Message; Date; Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

My Sister,/ Dear Sister Take the gift I gift/ For warm it comes from the deep/ Fountains of that love/ Thy sister bears for thee/ A sister's love/ Tis not a formal word or empty sound/ Just to beguile thy fancy, but a spring/ A living spring/ Where waters/ Never fail/ L. Downey With this little token/ of respect/ Accept a sister's best wishes for your/ Happiness/ And may your present sheer feelings/ Be retained through life's uncertain path/ Elizabeth Slingluff. Oft will memory recur to pleasant moments/ spent with. In distant lands, still/ remember and cherish thought for me/ Elizabeth S. Worley/ Dover/ 1846 Susanna Baker Friendship/ It is a mutual binding hold most dear/ That suffers not the slightest ________/ Like as the ivy round the elm doth wreath/ So friendship twines nor quits it's hold til death/ Liberty June 15, 1845/ S. M. Owings Ann M. Jones Friendship Offering/ ELW Muriel C. Jones/ 1847 Libertytown Amiabilitiy with its adornments/ is our inestimable pleasure/ to its _______/ _____ Jan 17, 1846 Dear Sister, Thou art just entering the drama of/ Life. May fortune bestow her most propostious smiles/ and _______ thy pathway with/ happiness is the wish of B.G. Downey Hope the balm of life/ soothes us under every misfortune/ N. C. Deardorff March 1846 Mary E. Riner/ Linganore 1844 Keepsake/ The lady is fair/ And all adorned in her simplicity/ Candid a Heaven made her/ everywhere/ Lovely to me/ M. Deardorff March 1846 Ye Matilda, though time may ______ and distance/ Intervene, Prosperity enliven or/ adversity depress, still forget/ not your sincere friend/ Joseph Slingluff Houstes Ann Joufe (?)/ Jan 12th, 1847 Peace to thy path/ Where'ever it be/ May all good angels keep/ And may his hand/ Be over thee, who/ Rules the/ mighty/ deep/ M A Slingluff As gold more splendid than the fire appears/ Thus friendship rightious by the thoughtfullness/ C. W. Deardorff/ March 1846 To Cousin Matilda/ In Memory and Friendship/ .... Hannah M Jones/ Linganore Abraham Jones/ Liberty Town/ Fred County/ Maryland Friendship/ The _____/ all ____ life is long/ ____ / For this/ ____ Wilson/ Liberty Town/ April 25 1845 Cousin Matilda Forget thee! No never! it has been joy/ In suffering and in tears/ To know thou wert still the same/ As in our earlier years/ The undying love of early youth/ still fair in tis own changeless truth/ H. E. Barrick Hunter Ann Riner/ January 12th 1847 Furino L. Jones

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

12 January 1847

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink; In the quilting

Location of inscription:

on block

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt finished?

ca. 1846

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

25

Size of quilt blocks:

15 1/2 x 15 1/2

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

Double sawtooth in red with white background 9 3/4 inches. [ One row of sawtooth pointing out around center, second row around outside edge of quilt pointing in, white in between.]

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Ink drawing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

4

Width of pieces on the back:

19 1/2, 29, 29 1/2, 20 3/4

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

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

Thread type used for the quilting:

cotton

Color of thread used in the quilting:

white

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

19

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

20

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid diamond; Single parallel lines

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Vines; Wreaths; Feathering

Where the quilt was made, city:

Libertytown

Where the quilt was made, state:

Maryland (MD)

Where the quilt was made, country:

USA

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

Matilda Jones was married to Henry Swope May,17,1847. Represented on the Quilt are 1.her father or grandfather Abraham Jones Died 3-19-1854 at 78, 2. her sister Hannah M. Jones who married the Revd. Peter Wilson Nov,11 ,1847 in the Methodist Church, N. London Central Chapel near Linganore and probably his --------Wilson name in a block. 3. her sister Elizabeth Slingluff who married Joseph Slingluff [Frederick Co] October 13,1836 and his name in a block.. 4. her sister L. Downey Lydia Jones M. Basil Downey October6, 1838. Fred. Co. and his name in a block-B G Downey. 5.probablyMA Slingluff is Mary Anne Shriver who married George W Slingluff 9-13-1836 and a relative of Joseph Slingluff. 6. probably H E Barrick is Hannah E Barrick who married George B. Deardorf 9-8-1846 7. probably Susanna Baker is the Susanna S Baker who married Robert B Moxley 1-4-1865

Why was the quilt made?

Wedding

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

DAR Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Washington, DC

Quilt owner's state:

Washington D.C.

Quilt owner's country:

USA

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Jones

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Methodist

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Jones, Abraham

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

Swope, Henry

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

DAR Museum