QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Signature Quilt Pilot Project

Who documented this quilt?

Signature Quilt Project Public Submission

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Canaan Quilt

How wide is the quilt?

65 1/2 inches

How long is the quilt?

79 1/2 inches

What color is the quilt?

Red; White

Type of inscription:

Date; Initials; Multiple Names; Other

Describe the type of inscription:

mottos

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Block number contents (block pattern)1A "Jessie M." (spider and web); 1B "M. S. D." (boy and dog); 1C "May L. Sandel" (bowl and pitcher); 1D "Minnie Beers." (bird and wild rose); 1E no name (iris); 1F "S.W." (heron); 1G no name (two birds). 2A "Della Snedaker" (fort and flag);2B "Emma Smith" (flowers and 5 bugs); 2C "C.L.W." (calla lily); 2D "Nancy Walker" (hunter with dog); 2E "Rose Westfall" (daisies); 2F "Mother" (daisy and buds); 2G "Wet or Dry A friend am I". 3A "L. Heath" (wild rose with bud); 2B "Mrs. Wm. Wendell" (dog and donkey kicking a man); 3C "Bertha Smith" (two large flowers); 3D "Affie. M. Yaple" (branch of star flowers); 3E "Grace A. Legg" (large rose and buds); 3F "H. J. Westfall" (larkspur spray); 3G "Edith Westfall" (two fish on a plate). 4A "May Liddington." (boy standing in water); 4B "Lilly Van Gorden" (butterfly and flowers); 4C "Minnie Personeus Candor Feb. 1891." (pansies); 4D "We're From The Owl Country, Emma Adams." (two owls with hats sitting on branch); 4E "E. F. W." (poppy and bud); 4F "Frances Akins" embroidered in reverse (stork); 4G "Edith Bal" (strawberries). 5A "Nellie Hutchinson" (quatrefoil design); 5B "Carrie Thuillard" (owl sitting on moon crescent); 5C "Mrs. E. E. Legg" (seated cat and dog); 5D "M. E. W." (letters decorated with flowers and leaves); 5E "C. M. P." (two roses with buds); 5F "H. P. M. (teapot); 5G "Grace Card" (flowers). 6A "Mrs W. A. Westfall" (flowers); 6B "Carrie Decker" (crescent of roses and forget-me-nots); 6C "Kalla Waldo" (thistles); 6D "Mrs. G. W. Foote 1891" (clover); 6E "Mr. H. Thuillard" (straight razor, shaving mug and brush); 6F "B. Walker" (K. Greenaway style girl sitting); 6G "Willis. A. Westfall" (two dogs standing on hind feet). 7A no name (K. Greenaway style girl with hoop); 7B "S W S" (two K. Greenaway style girls back to); 7C "L. O. L." (maple leaf wreath); 7D Mrs. J. P. Akins" (owl on branch); 7E "Mrs. John. Jones." (two crossed U.S. flags inside floral wreath); 7F "Detha Short. Mo." (morning glories); 7G no name (chick and flowers). 8A "Mrs. Ira Personeus" (spray of leaves); 8B "E. M." (cattails); 8C "Carrie Ball." (flower and leaf vine); 8D "Della Patch" (peaches and cherries); 8E "Mrs. C. Akins" (flying bird); 8F "Nellie Ballou" (three K. Greenaway children); 8G "Mrs Myron Westfall" (child with toy boat in water). 9A no name (bleeding heart); 9B no name (pansies); 9C "Celia Westfall" (K. Greenaway style Little Boy Blue); 9D "A. E. W." (sunflower); 9E "Mary Beers." (butterfly and roses); 9F no name (hens and flower); 9G no name (duck and ducklings).

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

02-00-1891

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Location of inscription:

on block

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

1891

Further information concerning dates:

Date "Feb. 1891" embroidered on Block Row 4 Column C; 1891 embroidered on Block Row 6 Column D

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidered flowers and other images in the blocks are from common commercial sources that have not been identified.

Quilt top made by:

Unknown

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

A Canaan, NH, resident placed quilt for sale the VT Quilt Festival consignment table in 1983. Seller's name was not made public. Owner purchased the quilt at that time because it is "redwork". Surnames on quilt are still found in the NH Upper Valley region.

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship

Describe the source of the pattern:

Unknown

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Some blocks contain surnames in common, especially Westfall (seven blocks). There are two men's names (6E and 6G). The center block (5D) contains only the initials M. E. W., but the letters are more ornate and may indicate the person for whom the quilt was made.

Quilt owner's name:

Sandra G. Munsey

Quilt owner's city:

Forestdale

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Description of quilt:

Red embroidered friendship quilt believed to be from Canaan, NH, dated 1891, cocntaining 56 embroidered names and initials plus designs on a total of 63 blocks.

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