QUILT INDEX RECORD

21-17-915

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:

DA230

Alternate inventory control number:

DA230

Person filling out this form is:

Relative of quiltmaker

Source of the information on this quilt:

Great-great-great-great granddaughter

When was the form filled out?

11-02-1985; Single Brothers Workshop, Old Salem, 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?

Inherited

This is a:

Finished quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Medallion Quilt with Sunburst Center

How wide is the quilt?

76"

How long is the quilt?

80"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Red; White; Yellow

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric; Other

Describe the damage:

Regular holes in red and yellow print, possibly brown flowers

Repairs:

Rebound

Describe the repairs:

Original binding is covered with bias grain red and white stripe fabric

Time period:

1800-1849

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1850

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

Circa 1830

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Newman, Joyce

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Number of borders:

Various

Describe the borders:

Series of borders surrounding center medallion: 14" pieced center, 4" print, 5.75" diamonds, 4.5" blue and orange circles, 4.875" diamonds, 4.5" brown print, 2.75" triangles, 3.875" brown print

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Chintz

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Description of the back:

Vertical seams

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

Width of pieces on the back:

31.5", 32.25", 12.5"

Describe the back:

Hand sewn; Solid/plain

Describe the binding:

Applied binding; Red and yellow print

How is the binding made?

Hand sewn; 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)?

3/8"

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:

Follows top design

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

Visible knots on back

Quilt top made by:

Coltrane, Sophia

Quilted by:

Coltrane, Sophia

Where the quilt was made, city:

Asheboro

Where the quilt was made, county:

Randolph County

Where the quilt was made, state:

North Carolina (NC)

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:

Quilt was passed through family

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Other

Describe the source of the pattern:

Family and community

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

Chintz fabrics could be block prints

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

Appeared in the book "North Carolina Quilts"; plate 4-7; Sketch on documentation sheets; Handwritten sheet about maker and family

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Winston-Salem

Quilt owner's county:

Forsyth County

Quilt owner's state:

North Carolina (NC)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

McGee

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1783

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Philadelphia

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Pennsylvania

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1882

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Unknown

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Housewife

Quiltmaker's county:

Randolph County

Quiltmaker's state:

North Carolina (NC)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's father's name:

McGee, Samuel

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

McGee, Busick

Number of children:

9

Any other notes or stories about the quiltmaker:

Made other quilts, NC - family; Children: Nancy Coltrane Dicks was the sixth child of nine; Maker died at age 99

Who photographed this quilt?

Manley, Roger

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

North Carolina Museum of History