QUILT INDEX RECORD

8-5-425

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

University of Louisville Archives and Records Center

Who documented this quilt?

Kentucky Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project

Kentucky Quilt Project Number:

34-17-28

Owner's name for quilt:

Clever Turtle Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Applique

Time period:

1950-1975

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1975

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Other

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Felt

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

60" x 29 1/2"

Quilt top made by:

Parents, of school children at Public School #48

Where the quilt was made, city:

Jamaica

Where the quilt was made, state:

New York (NY)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Louisville Celebrates the American Quilt: Always There - The African American Presence in American Quilts. Louisville, KY. February 7-March 31, 1992. Louisville Museum of History and Science.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Kentucky Quilt Project