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QUILT INDEX RECORD

17-13-2485

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:

2589

Alternate inventory control number:

Acc. #1979.410

When was the form filled out?

3/9/1996

Who helped you fill out the form?

JK.TS.MM

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Sunburst

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Scrap

How wide is the quilt?

117

How long is the quilt?

98

Describe the corners:

4 corners mitered

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy; Cream; Red

Damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

Damaged

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Memorial Inscriptions, Brown, Trowbridge, Newcomb, Souther, Hall, Carr, Wellington

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1848

Time period:

1850-1875

Number of quilt blocks:

34

Size of quilt blocks:

15 diameter

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Dotted; Floral; Geometric; Solid/plain; Striped

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Description of the back:

Backing fabric print is soild, Backing is stained, Repaired, Backing is damaged, Quilt back is hand pieced

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

Describe the quilt filling:

Batting has shifted

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Color of thread used in the quilting:

Ecru

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6-8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Echo; Outline

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

Cutout for poster bed

Quilt top made by:

Brown, Anna Woodward

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:

Anna W. Trowbridge born to Nathaniel and Martha (Hall) Trowbridge of Newton, MA and married Daniel Jacobs of Roxbury, MA on Oct. 3, 1843

Why was the quilt made?

Autograph or friendship

Biography of quilt owner:

See more information of original data form

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Trowbridge

Quiltmaker's birth date:

December 3, 1820

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Newton

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Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Connecticut Quilt Search Project

Cite this Quilt

Brown, Anna Woodwar. Sunburst. 1850-1875. From Connecticut Quilt Search, Connecticut Quilt Search; Museum of the New Haven Colony Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=17-13-2485. Accessed: 03/29/24