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TYPE/ Pieced Name
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B/Wh
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REFERENCE
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QUILT
MAKER |
LOCATION
|
DATE
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FABRIC
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole-cloth |
yes
|
Ho! For California! |
?
|
MA
|
Marjorie Miller Schultz |
1725-1800
|
Blue Resist
|
| Whole-cloth |
yes
|
America's Indigo Blues |
?
|
Colonial Williamsberg |
?
|
Blue Resist
|
|
| Quilt top |
yes
|
America's Indigo Blues |
?
|
NY
|
Cooper-Hewitt Museum NY |
?
|
Blue Resist
|
| Whole-cloth |
yes
|
America's Indigo Blues |
?
|
?
|
Strawberry Banke, Inc., NH |
c.1760-1780
|
Blue Resist
|
| Whole-cloth |
yes
|
America's Indigo Blues |
?
|
NY
|
Brooklyn Museum |
?
|
Blue Resist
|
| Whole-cloth |
yes
|
America's Indigo Blues |
?
|
?
|
Robert E Lee Mem Asc, Stratford VA |
?
|
Blue Resist
|
| Whole-cloths |
yes
|
America's Indigo Blues |
?
|
?
|
Art Institute of Chicago |
Early 18th C
|
Blue Resist
|
| Strippy quilt |
no
|
America's Indigo Blues |
?
|
?
|
Senate House Museum NY |
?
|
Blue risist/ br& red toile
|
| Whole-cloth |
yes
|
America's Indigo Blues |
?
|
?
|
Oysterponds Hit. Society,NY |
?
|
Blue Resist
|
| Whole-cloth |
yes
|
America's Indigo Blues |
?
|
?
|
Shelburne Museum, Vermont |
?
|
Blue Resist
|
| Whole-cloth |
yes
|
America's Indigo Blues |
? from Demarest homestead 1600
|
NJ
|
Shelbourne Museum, Vermont |
?
|
Blue Resist
|
| Whole-cloth |
no
|
calendar clipping |
?
|
NY
|
Cora Ginsburg c. |
1780
|
Blue Resist
|
| Glazed Calimanco |
no
|
Quilts and Coverlets |
?
|
G.B.
|
The Am. Museum in Britian |
1775
|
Hand-dyed/wool
|
| Glazed Calimanco |
no
|
Clues in the Calico |
Ester Wheat
|
MA
|
Smithsonian Institution |
1775-1840
|
Hand-dyed/wool
|
| Whole-cloth |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
NY
|
Colonial Williamsberg |
1750-1800
|
Blue Resist
|
| Whole-cloth |
no
|
calendar clipping |
?
|
NY
|
Am Hurrah Archive |
1780
|
Blue Resist
|
| Whole-cloth toile |
yes
|
Quilts and Coverlets |
?
|
G.B.
|
The Am. Museum in Britian |
1780
|
China Blue Toile
|
| "Castor Bean Quilt" |
yes
|
Ho! For California! |
Lucy Linzy Pate Dukes
|
VA
|
Jean T Danielson |
1807-90
|
Discharge print
|
| "Young Man's Fancy" |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
? (30 indigo prints)
|
CN
|
Private collection |
1820-30
|
Discharge print?
|
| "Double Wedding Ring" |
no
|
Wrapped in Glory |
by or for Ann Warner
|
IA?
|
NY Hist Soc (many indigos |
1822
|
Discharge print
|
| Whole-cloth toile (reverse) |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
?
|
Col. Of Haas and Hibbett |
1800-1825
|
China Blue Toile
|
| "Rolling Stone" |
yes
|
magazine clipping |
Belle Walker
|
?
|
Qlts & Other Comforts |
1825-60
|
Discharge print
|
| Chintz/roller printed |
no
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
?
|
Collection of Fleur Bresler |
1825-1850
|
Block prt/ penciled
|
| "The Democrat" |
yes
|
Stiches in Time |
Polly McBride Gray
|
AR
|
Frances W Jones |
1826-36
|
Discharge print
|
| Unfinished top |
yes
|
The American Quilt |
?
|
?
|
? |
1826
|
Blue Resist
|
| "Star" |
no
|
Treasures in the Trunk |
Jane Riggs
|
OR
|
? |
1830
|
Discharge print
|
| Whole-cloth/pieced border |
yes
|
Treasures of Transition |
?
|
NJ
|
Utah... ? |
1835-50
|
Blue Resist
|
| "Delectable Mountains" |
no
|
Treasures in the Trunk |
Catherine Perdine
|
OR
|
?14 different blue fabrics c. |
1840
|
Discharge print
|
| "Setting Sun" |
no
|
Treasures in the Trunk |
Maragaret Hmilton
|
OR
|
? |
1840
|
Discharge print
|
| "Mariner's compas w/fondu" |
yes
|
calendar clipping |
?
|
?
|
Stella Rubinc. |
1840
|
Discharge print
|
| "Willow Oak Applique" |
yes
|
America's Glorius Quilts |
?
|
MA
|
The Selburne Museum |
1840
|
Discharge print
|
| "Wandering foot" |
yes
|
Treasures in the Trunk |
Cecelia Hargrave
|
OR
|
? |
1840
|
Discharge print
|
| "Indian Meadow" |
no
|
calendar clipping |
?
|
NY
|
Am Hurrah Archive c. |
1845
|
Discharge print
|
| "Chimney Sweep" |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
?
|
Private collection |
1840-50
|
Discharge print
|
| "Sunburst" |
yes
|
Ho! For California! |
Harriet E Smith
|
MO
|
Gayle Ryan |
1845-80
|
Discharge print
|
| "Variable Star" with chinz border |
yes
|
magazine clipping |
?
|
PA
|
Am. Hurrah Archive |
1845
|
Discharge print
|
| "Feathered Star" |
yes
|
magazine clipping |
Frances Cox
|
?
|
? |
1847
|
Discharge print
|
| "Nine-patch" variation |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
Elvira Smith Brouse
|
IL
|
Private collection |
1848
|
Discharge print
|
| "Double X" |
yes
|
American Quilts & Coverlets |
?
|
OH
|
Metropolitan Mus of Art |
1849
|
Discharge print
|
| "Road to California" |
yes
|
Treasures in the Trunk |
Nancy Drain
|
OR
|
? |
1850
|
Discharge print
|
| "Wild goose chase" |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
OH
|
Darwin D Bearly Antiques |
1850-75
|
Discharge print
|
| "Lone star" |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
PA
|
Private collection |
1875-1900
|
Discharge print
|
| "Nine-patch" |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
OH
|
Stella Rubin Antiques |
1850-75
|
Discharge print
|
| Floral applique |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
PA
|
Stella Rubin Antiques |
1850-75
|
Discharge print
|
| "Lettered Memorial" |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
Nancy Ward Butler
|
NY
|
Smithsonian Institution |
1842
|
Discharge print
|
| Chitz applique |
no
|
Small Endearments |
Mother of Mary E. Price
|
PA
|
Col of Cynthia & Robert Schaffner |
1847
|
Block print/penciled
|
| Honeycomb/hexigons |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
?
|
Private collection |
c.1850
|
Solid blue
|
| "Lady of the Lake" |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
NY
|
Phyllis Haders |
1850-75
|
Discharge print
|
| "Steeple Chase" |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
?
|
Phyllis Haders |
1850-75
|
Solid blue
|
| "Crossed-Ts " |
yes
|
America's Glorius Quilts |
?
|
KY
|
Kentucy Museum |
1850
|
Discharge print
|
| "Rob Peter to Pay Paul" |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
OH
|
Phyllis Haders |
1850-75
|
Discharge print
|
| "Wandering Foot" |
no
|
Treasures in the Trunk |
Almedia Morris
|
OR
|
? (with orange flowers) |
1852
|
Discharge print
|
| "Double Irish Chain" |
yes
|
Treasures in the Trunk |
Elizabeth Foster
|
OR
|
? |
1852
|
Discharge print
|
| "Double Irish Chain" |
yes
|
Quilt Digest - Vol. 4 |
Harriet Sophia -
|
NY
|
Jean Brady Fox |
1854
|
Discharge print
|
| "Double nine-patch" |
yes
|
Treasures in the Trunk |
Eliza Sawtell
|
OR
|
?(many samples indigo) |
1856
|
Discharge print
|
| "Nine-patch" |
yes
|
AmericanHeritageQults |
?
|
PA
|
? |
c. 1860
|
Discharge print
|
| Appliqued w/pieced border |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
NEng
|
Private collection |
c. 1860-85
|
Discharge print
|
| Appliqued swirling flowers |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
NY
|
Private collection |
c. 1860-85
|
Discharge print
|
| "Broken Dishes" |
no
|
The American Quilt |
? (multiple print samples)
|
NEng
|
Nancy L Benson |
1865-90
|
Discharge print
|
| "Broken Dishes" |
no
|
The American Quilt |
? (multiple print samples)
|
NEng
|
Nancy L Benson |
1865-90
|
Discharge print
|
| "Snowflake" |
yes
|
calendar clipping |
?
|
OH
|
? c. |
1865
|
Discharge print
|
| "Pineapple" |
yes
|
magazine clipping |
?
|
?
|
Mary Silber |
1870-00
|
Discharge print
|
| "Steeplechase"- Crib |
yes
|
America's Glorius Quilts |
OH
|
Mr&Mrs Stephen Huntley |
1870
|
Discharge print
|
|
| "Checkers and Rails" |
yes
|
AmericanHeritageQults |
?
|
IN
|
? |
c.1870
|
Discharge print
|
| "Delectable Mountains" |
yes
|
In the Heart of Pennsylvania |
PN
|
? |
1870-20
|
Discharge print
|
|
| "Undergrnd Railroad" |
yes
|
Hearts and Hands |
?
|
KY
|
Rchrd, Susn Meyer |
1870-00
|
Discharge print
|
| "Drunkards Path" |
yes
|
ElizabethK Reish
|
PN
|
? |
1870-95
|
Discharge print
|
|
| Indigo Applique |
yes
|
Nebraska Quilts & Quiltmakers |
Rachel A Chase
|
GeorgeH Allen Jr. |
1874
|
Discharge print
|
|
| "Oak Leaf & Reel" |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
?
|
Private collection |
1875-1900
|
Discharge print
|
| "Princess Feather" |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
?
|
LA County Museum of Art |
1875-1900
|
Discharge print
|
| "Four-patch" |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
?
|
Col of Ardis and Robert James |
1875-1900
|
Discharge print
|
| "Druckard's Path" |
yes
|
magazine clipping |
?
|
?
|
Bil&Maggie Pearson |
1875-1900
|
Discharge print
|
| "Feathered Star" variation |
yes
|
Ho! For California! |
Mary Elizabeth Hylton
|
VA
|
AnnPerkins/CarlynMattews |
1875-90
|
Discharge print
|
| "Princess feather" |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
Los Angeles Co Mus of Art |
1875-00
|
Discharge print
|
|
| "Rour-Patch" |
Yes
|
Small Endearments |
? (multiple print samples)
|
IN
|
Ardis and Robert James |
1875-00
|
Discharge print
|
| "Lady of the Lake" |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
?
|
Private collection |
late 1800s
|
Discharge print
|
| "Feathered Star /Mariner's Comp" |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
Pur KS
|
Private collection |
1880-90
|
Discharge print
|
| "Anvil" |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
?
|
Private collection |
c.1880-90
|
Discharge print
|
| "Ohio Star", variation |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
IN
|
Private collection |
1880-1895
|
Discharge print
|
| Stars |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
?
|
Private collection |
c.1880
|
Discharge print
|
| Stars |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
?
|
Private collection |
c.1880
|
Discharge print
|
| "Burgoyne Surrounded" |
yes
|
AmericanHeritageQults |
?
|
MI
|
? |
c. 1880
|
Discharge print
|
| "Streak of Lightning" |
no
|
AmericanHeritageQults |
?
|
IN
|
? |
c.1880
|
Discharge print
|
| "Hexagonal Star" |
no
|
America's Glorius Quilts |
Mary Alexander
|
KY
|
Julia Neal |
1880
|
Discharge print
|
| Star/"Lone Star" variation |
no
|
America's Glorius Quilts |
Ellen SmithTookeVanzant
|
KY
|
Sammie Morris |
1890-00
|
Discharge print
|
| StarUnknown |
yes
|
Small Endearments |
?
|
?
|
? |
Discharge print
|
|
| "Brick Wall" |
no
|
The American Quilt |
?
|
IN
|
Ardis and Robert James |
1890-10
|
Discharge print
|
| "Double Irish Chain" |
yes
|
Treasures of Transition |
Mary Wilcox Young
|
Ontar.
|
to Utah....... ? |
1890-10
|
Discharge print
|
| "Winding Ways" |
yes
|
magazine clipping |
Jesse McCormick
|
KS
|
Paula Harder> |
1890-10
|
Discharge print
|
| "Virginia Reel" |
no
|
magazine clipping |
?
|
?
|
Marilyn Hein |
1890-25
|
Discharge print
|
| "Triple Irish Chain" |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
Tella Colton
|
KS
|
Private collection |
c. 1895
|
Discharge print
|
| Blue Patchwork Cross |
no
|
Quilts of Tennessee |
Pamona Forester Stuart
|
TN
|
? |
1896
|
Discharge print
|
| "Harlow Album Quilt" |
no
|
Treasures in the Trunk |
Frances Harlow
|
OR
|
? |
1898
|
Discharge print
|
| "Sawtooth"s |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
NY
|
Private collection |
1900-25
|
Discharge print
|
| "Double Nine-patch" |
yes
|
Clues in the Calico |
Harriett Theetge James
|
KS
|
Spencer Museum of Art |
1900-25
|
Discharge print
|
| "Evening Star" |
yes
|
magazine clipping |
?
|
?
|
Mrs John Cox |
1900
|
Discharge print
|
| "Variable Star" |
no
|
Clues in the Calico |
?
|
?
|
Muriel Pech Owen |
1900
|
Discharge print
|
| "Washinton Sidewalk" |
no
|
Clues in the Calico |
?
|
?
|
Jan Morris/Bob Nitcher |
1903-14
|
Discharge print
|
| "Bowtie" (top) |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
NY
|
Private collection |
1910
|
Discharge print
|
| "Four-patch" (top) |
yes
|
H-Quilt & QHL survey |
?
|
NY
|
Private collection |
1910
|
Discharge print
|
| "Hearts and Gizzards" |
yes
|
Old Patchwoork Quilts |
?
|
?
|
Ruth Finley |
Discharge print
|
|
| "The Clamshell" |
yes
|
Old Patchwoork Quilts |
?
|
?
|
Ruth Finley |
Discharge print
|
|
| "Road to California" |
yes
|
Old Patchwoork Quilts |
(looks like Burgoyne Sur)
|
?
|
Ruth Finley |
Discharge print
|
|
| "World Without End" |
no
|
Old Patchwoork Quilts |
?
|
?
|
Ruth Finley |
Discharge print
|
|
| "Chips and Whetstones" |
no
|
Old Patchwoork Quilts |
?
|
?
|
Ruth Finley |
Discharge print
|
|