QUILT INDEX RECORD

40-38-664

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

International Quilt Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Oregon Quilt Project; Quilts of the Oregon Trail

Oregon Quilt Project ID#:

2017-MBC-OTQ-30

Alternate inventory control number:

B-9

Quilt's title:

Peony with Flying Geese Border

Top made by:

Weaver, Grace or Weaver, Susanna

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1815, 1787

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1885, 1872

Major influences on quilt making?
Other interesting information about the quiltmaker:

Year over the trail was 1853. With family of Hans Weaver, Jr.

Do you know if any of the following exist?

Quilts of the Oregon Trail by Mary Bywater Cross, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2007

Overall width (in inches, to the nearest 1/2"):

80"

Overall length (in inches, to the nearest 1/2"):

78"

Quilt Layout Format:

Block pattern

Approximate date of estimation:

1848 dated

Date Time Frame:

1800-1849

Quilt Top Construction
Piecing techniques:

Piecing

Applique techniques:

Applique

Quilting Description:
Techniques Used:

Hand quilting

Describe any quilting designs that appear on the quilt, but were not listed in a previous field.
Marking Lines:

Parallel lines 1/4" apart and feathered wreaths. The initials and date: "SW 1848" were quilted on the front of the quilt.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Details

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's county:

Douglas county

Quiltmaker's state:

Oregon (OR)