QUILT INDEX RECORD

17-13-2896

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library, or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Henry Whitfield State Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Guilford

Quilt owner's state:

Connecticut (CT)

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Connecticut Quilt Search

Who documented this quilt?

Connecticut Quilt Search; Henry Whitfield State Museum Collection

Where was the quilt documentation day held?

Whitfield House-Gilford

Connecticut Quilt Search Documentation Project Number:

2977

When was the form filled out?

8/15/1996

Who helped you fill out the form?

SR,RT,MC

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Calamanco

How wide is the quilt?

92

How long is the quilt?

85

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

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:

Wool

Description of the back:

Backing fabric print is soild, homespun, Repaired, 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?

Cannot tell

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (3/16")

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Wreaths

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Heavy/close quilting, Elaborate quilting, vines,floral designs

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

Note from Maureen Gregoire-I believe there is a quilt very similar to this one in Wethersfield in the Silas-Deene-Webb House.

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Biography of quilt owner:

See more information of original data form

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Connecticut Quilt Search Project