QUILT INDEX RECORD
21-17-2581
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
North Carolina Museum of History
Who documented this quilt?
North Carolina Quilt Project
North Carolina Quilt Project Number:
EW265
Alternate inventory control number:
EW265
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
When was the form filled out?
11-18-1986; Retirement Home, Charlotte, NC
Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:
Quilt owner
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
This is a:
Finished quilt
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
New York Beauty variation
Brackman # or other source & #:
1079
How wide is the quilt?
78"
How long is the quilt?
94"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Rounded
What color is the quilt?
Gold; Green; Red; White
Quilt's condition:
Good/moderate use
Notes on condition, damage, or repairs:
Unwashed
Type of inscription:
Initials; Signature
What is inscribed on the quilt?
M.E. Plonk
Method used to make the inscription:
Embroidery
Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:
Red and wine embroidery
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1870-1880
Who estimated the quilt's date?
Roberson, Ruth
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
9 whole; 3 halves
Size of quilt blocks:
17" x 17"
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by other sashing
Describe the quilt setting:
Sashing has red, yellow and green print buds and vine on a white ground; Hand and machine sewn; Red, gold and white corner blocks
Sashing width:
7"
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
Single cotton border of appliqued bud and vines in red and green and yellow
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Print; Solid/plain
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
White ground; Yellow-green color
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing; Machine Piecing
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique; Machine Applique
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery
Describe embellishment materials or techniques:
Embroidery on buds
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Description of the back:
Fine cotton with a slight sheen, same as ground on top
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:
25"
Describe the back:
Solid/plain
Describe the binding:
Hand sewn; Applied binding; Two-step; Green and yellow print
How is the binding made?
Straight grain
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
less than a half inch
How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?
1/4"
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Thread type used for the quilting:
Single thread
Color of thread used in the quilting:
White
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
16
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
16
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Other
Describe the quilting designs used:
Sashing and border: follows top design and filled in ground fabric with clamshell, less than 1"
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
Inside triangle points vary from 6 to 9; Outside triangle points vary from 13 to 18; 7" corner blocks have a different number of points, white fabric, some have 15, 16, 17, 18, 19; Fine and beautiful quilting
Where the quilt was made, county:
Rutherford County
Where the quilt was made, state:
North Carolina (NC)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Husband purchased quilt for owner
Why was the quilt made?
Unknown
Where did the maker get their materials?
Purchased new
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Unknown
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Sketch on documentation sheet
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's city:
Charlotte
Quilt owner's county:
Mecklenburg County
Quilt owner's state:
North Carolina (NC)
Quiltmaker's birth date:
Unknown
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
Unknown
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
Unknown
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Unknown
Who photographed this quilt?
Brown, J.E.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
North Carolina Museum of History
Cite this Quilt
New York Beauty variation. From North Carolina Museum of History, North Carolina Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=21-17-2581. Accessed: 03/29/24