QUILT INDEX RECORD

9-6-1654

Who documented this quilt?

Louisiana Quilt Documentation Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program, Louisiana Tech University

Date data was collected:

9/11/1989

Lousiana Quilt Documentation Project Number:

2073

Quilt owner's city:

Mansfield

Quilt owner's state:

Louisiana (LA)

Quilt top made by:

Provost, Alabama Jones

Quiltmaker's date of birth:

2-17-1872

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1944

Type of item:

Finished quilt

Sizes, overall width:

72

Sizes, overall length:

85.5

Size of quilt blocks:

12.75 X 12.25

Quilt type, applique:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Applique, Combination, Pieced

Pieced quilt type:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Setting:

Alternating with plain squares

Binding:

Straight grain

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

2.5 inches wide, Multiple, Same Fabric

Top fabric, fiber:

Cotton

Top fabric, design:

Solid/plain; Print

Top fabric, colors:

White; Pink; Red

Top fabric, color value:

Light or pastel colors; Multicolor

Backing/lining fiber:

Cotton

Backing/lining, design:

Print

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Quilting, color of thread:

black, pink

Quilting, design:

By the Piece

Batting:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

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

This quilt was probably pieced from sewing scraps and older clothes.

Quilt's title:

Daisy

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1920

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Date estimated by Susan Roach

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

Inherited

Place made, country:

United States

Copyright holder:

Louisiana Regional Folklife Program