QUILT INDEX RECORD

22-18-1592

Who documented this quilt?

Quilts of Tennessee

The Quilts of Tennessee Documentation Number:

1853

Alternate inventory control number:

1853a

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city or county:

Sequatchie County

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Tennessee

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

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

Swanner, Mr.

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

Waldvogel, Merikay. Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression (Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, 1990), 52-53.

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Sutherland, Georgia

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1946

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Exhibit: “Soft Covers for Hard Times: Quiltmaking and the Great Depression” curated by Merikay Waldvogel and sponsored by the Knoxville Museum of Art and Smith-Kramer, Inc. Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (June-August 1990); Oklahoma City Art Museum, Oklahoma City, OK (September – November, 1990); Galleries of the Philharmonic Performing Arts Center, Naples, FL (March-April 1991); Wichita Falls Museum & Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas (May-July 1991); Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum, Logan, KS (August – October 1991); Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA (November 1991-January 1992); Bergstrom-Mahler Museum, Neenah, WI (February-March 1992); Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL (April-May 1992); Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN (June-August 1992)

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Tennessee State Library and Archives

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Quilts of Tennessee