Deborah Faulkner
Wholecloth Quilt

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Wholecloth Quilt
Datec. 1780–1840
Made inUnited States
MediumWool
Dimensions95 × 80 in. (241.3 × 203.2 cm)
(Face fabric): 33 in. (83.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.76.75
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
Description

The names inscribed in the center top pair of medallions of this quilt suggest it was made for or by Deborah Faulkner in commemoration of her marriage to Daniel Faulkner.

Technical notes and description: Tabby-weave wool face and back: wool filling; wool thread. This tri-panel, dark blue, probably imported, worsted fabric faced quilt is patterned with running stitches that create forty-eight ten-inch circles containing flowers or a basket. The quilt is bordered on three sides with semicircles containing baskets. Lattice lines fill the background. Blue quilting stitches secure a yellowish-tan backing to wool filling and face fabric.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.


ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1976.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed, center top: Deborah Faulkner / Daniel Faulkner
[no marks]

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