QUILT INDEX RECORD
17-13-2765
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Connecticut Quilt Search
Who documented this quilt?
Connecticut Quilt Search Project
Where was the quilt documentation day held?
Mohawk-Cornwall
Connecticut Quilt Search Documentation Project Number:
2852
Source of the information on this quilt:
Great, great Grandmother
When was the form filled out?
6/1/1996
Who helped you fill out the form?
DC, CWM
This is a:
Finished quilt
Owner's name for quilt:
Calamanco
How wide is the quilt?
95.5
How long is the quilt?
98.5
What color is the quilt?
Blue or Navy
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
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:
Wool
Description of the back:
Backing fabric print is soild, pale gold, Quilt back is hand pieced
How is the binding made?
Edges turned in/ no separate binding
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:
navy
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8
Describe the quilting designs used:
Elaborate quilting, see comments
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
Has small hole. Quilting is arranged medallion style with large center floral motif with feathered vines as borders. Parallel lines create background fill.
Quilt top made by:
Cobb, Olive
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
inherited
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Yes, information available
Biography of quilt owner:
See more information of original data form
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Hersey
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1795
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Maine (ME)
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1890
Biography of the quiltmaker:
Where quiltmaker lived: Maine
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Connecticut Quilt Search Project
Cite this Quilt
Cobb, Oliv. Calamanco. Pre-1799. From Connecticut Quilt Search, Connecticut Quilt Search Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=17-13-2765. Accessed: 03/29/24