QUILT INDEX RECORD

22-18-1061

Who documented this quilt?

Quilts of Tennessee

The Quilts of Tennessee Documentation Number:

1263

Alternate inventory control number:

1263a

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

The surveyed owner is the granddaughter of the quilt maker.

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

This quilt has been handed down through the family in Rhea County, TN.

Where the quilt was made, city:

Spring City

Where the quilt was made, county:

Rhea

Where the quilt was made, state:

Tennessee (TN)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1850-1875

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

c. 1865

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Merikay Waldvogel

Quilt top made by:

Caldwell, Victoria Darwin

Quiltmaker's birth date:

03/22/1839

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city or county:

Rhea County

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Tennessee

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

12/06/1919

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

Caldwell, Johnathan Moore

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Presbyterian

Quilted by:

Caldwell, Victoria Darwin

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

"Quilts of Tennessee - Images of Domestic Life - Prior to 1930" by Bets Ramsey and Merikay Waldvogel -- pp. 61-63.

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Darwin

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

How wide is the quilt?

68.5 inches

How long is the quilt?

87 inches

Size of quilt blocks:

14.5 x 13.25 inches

Shape of corners:

Rounded

This is a:

Finished quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Feathered Star var.

Where did the maker get their materials?

Unknown

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Traditional pattern variation

Where did the quiltmaker find the pattern for the quilting design on the quilt?

Unknown

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

This is one of several stuffed quilts found in the Tennessee survey from this particular area.

Brackman # or other source & #:

2244b

Subject of the quilt:

Stuffed quilt

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

15

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Overall condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading; Stains

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Solid/plain

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor; Bright or primary colors

What color is the quilt?

Red; Blue or Navy; White

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Describe the edge:

Knotted fringe whip-stitched to binding

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Describe the binding:

Knotted fringe attached -- after binding was applied -- on three sides

How is the binding made?

Fringe

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting; Stuffed work

Color of thread used in the quilting:

White

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Width between quilting lines:

.375 and .1875 inch

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Stipple

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Other

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Stipple

Describe the quilting designs used:

Vase with flowers in alternate blocks is stuffed.

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Tennessee State Library and Archives

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Quilts of Tennessee

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