QUILT INDEX RECORD

17-13-2200

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library, or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Connecticut Historical Society

Quilt owner's city:

Hartford

Quilt owner's state:

Connecticut (CT)

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Connecticut Quilt Search

Who documented this quilt?

Connecticut Quilt Search; Connecticut Historical Society Collection

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

CT. Historical Society

Connecticut Quilt Search Documentation Project Number:

2321

When was the form filled out?

4/2/1995

Who helped you fill out the form?

DC.SF.EOL

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Calamanco

How wide is the quilt?

87.25

How long is the quilt?

93.25

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy

Antique colors:

Indigo Blue

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Time period:

Pre-1799

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Linen

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

Describe the quilt filling:

Stuffed work

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

Blue

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Elaborate quilting, Double Pineapples and Acanthus Leaves, Feather Swag

Quilt top made by:

Rising, Asenath

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:

This quilt is wool and flax raised by James Rising, made in 1784

Biography of the quiltmaker:

Where quiltmaker lived: Suffield, CT.

Details

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Connecticut Quilt Search Project