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
Cite this Quilt
From Tennessee State Library and Archives, Quilts of Tennessee. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=22-18-1592. Accessed: 12/05/24