QUILT INDEX RECORD

17-13-2482

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library, or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Museum of the New Haven Colony

Quilt owner's city:

New Haven

Quilt owner's state:

Connecticut (CT)

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Connecticut Quilt Search

Who documented this quilt?

Connecticut Quilt Search; Museum of the New Haven Colony Collection

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

New Haven Colony

Connecticut Quilt Search Documentation Project Number:

2586

Alternate inventory control number:

Acc. #1977.414

When was the form filled out?

3/9/1996

Who helped you fill out the form?

SR.JS

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Embroidered

How wide is the quilt?

94

How long is the quilt?

95.5

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Brown

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Time period:

Pre-1799

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Describe the borders:

Solid border, Single border

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

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Wool

Description of the back:

Glazed, Coarse, Backing fabric print is soild, Backing is damaged

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

Brown, White

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Elaborate quilting, Pineapple, Parallel lines, Feather Swag

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

Center panel 75.5 x 51 worn by a woman who died in 1730.

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:

Blue portion of the quilt is an embroidered skirt, worn and probably worked by Sarah Fish Lord (1702-1733) wife of Rev. Hezekiah Lord of Preston, CT. It was made into a quilt by Lydia Lord, the granddaughter.

Biography of quilt owner:

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Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Connecticut Quilt Search Project