QUILT INDEX RECORD

17-13-1639

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library, or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Old Woodbury Historical Society

Quilt owner's city:

Woodbury

Quilt owner's state:

Connecticut (CT)

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Connecticut Quilt Search

Who documented this quilt?

Connecticut Quilt Search; Old Woodbury Historical Society Collection

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

Washington

Connecticut Quilt Search Documentation Project Number:

7

When was the form filled out?

10/3/1992

Who helped you fill out the form?

R.J.K.

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Ohio Star

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Scrap

How wide is the quilt?

82

How long is the quilt?

89

Describe the corners:

4 corners butted

What color is the quilt?

Red; Pink; Green; Brown; Blue or Navy

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Stains; Fading

Type of inscription:

Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Many names with the towns of Woodbury, Waterbury

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1850,1852

Time period:

1850-1875

Number of quilt blocks:

41

Size of quilt blocks:

9.5 square

Describe the borders:

Pieced border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain; Plaid; Novelty; Geometric; Floral; Dotted

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Description of the back:

Was filled in from a poster bed, Backing fabric print is checked, Backing condition is fair

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

Ecru

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6-7

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid square; Echo

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Simple quilting

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

Repeat blocks

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:

Owned by the Old Woodbury Historical Society

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Connecticut Quilt Search Project