QUILT INDEX RECORD

17-13-2208

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:

2328

When was the form filled out?

4/2/1995

Who helped you fill out the form?

BH.JK.MM

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Whole Cloth

How long is the quilt?

74

What color is the quilt?

Maroon

Damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Time period:

Pre-1799

Describe the quilt's layout:

Wholecloth

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:

Cotton; Wool

Description of the back:

Backing fabric print is plaid, Backing fabric print is soild, Backing condition is worn

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding; Fringe; Front turned to back

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

White

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch; Stipple

Describe the quilting designs used:

Elaborate quilting

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

Originally a petticoat

Quilt top made by:

Lyman, Esther

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:

Paper label states "This quilt belonged to our grandmother, Eliz. Howard Whitman. Just who quilted it or first owned it is t kwn to us, but it is probably 100 years old."

Biography of quilt owner:

See more information of original data form

Biography of the quiltmaker:

Where quiltmaker lived: West Hartford or Coventry, CT.

Details

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Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Connecticut Quilt Search Project