QUILT INDEX RECORD

17-13-2203

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:

2323

When was the form filled out?

4/2/1995

Who helped you fill out the form?

SR.TS.LL

Owner's name for quilt:

Petticoat

How wide is the quilt?

114

How long is the quilt?

38

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

S.H.

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1768

Time period:

Pre-1799

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:

Wool

Description of the back:

Backing fabric print is soild, Gold in color

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

Gold

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilt top made by:

Halsey, Sarah

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 petticoat was a gift of the Lyman Allyn Museum. One of the quilted lions has the date 1758 and the other has the initials S.H.

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1741

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1828

Biography of the quiltmaker:

Where quiltmaker lived: Stonington, CT.

Details

For additional images of this quilt that require a separate record.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Connecticut Quilt Search Project