BACK TO QUILTS

Calamanco

CITE THIS QUILT

img
quilt

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