QUILT INDEX RECORD

17-13-2897

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-Guilford

Connecticut Quilt Search Documentation Project Number:

2984

When was the form filled out?

8/15/1996

Who helped you fill out the form?

DR,MC,ET

This is a:

Finished quilt

Owner's name for quilt:

Calamanco

How wide is the quilt?

55

How long is the quilt?

67.5

What color is the quilt?

Red

Damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

Damaged

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 striped, Backing is damaged, Quilt back is hand pieced

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

How thick is the quilt?

Medium (3/16")

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Heavy/close quilting, Elaborate quilting, floral vine

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

Two separate pieces of earlier quilts joined at later date to from small quilt. Separate pieces butted. Quilting similar to #2983. Made from wedding petticoat by Beulah Eliot, daughter of Joseph Parmalee.

Quilt top made by:

Eliot, Beulah

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Connecticut Quilt Search Project