QUILT INDEX RECORD

23-19-57

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

University of Rhode Island

Who documented this quilt?

Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project

Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project Number:

294

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Owner's husband is a decendent of quiltmaker

When was the form filled out?

09/19/1992

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Nine Patch

How wide is the quilt?

65 inches

How long is the quilt?

81 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Beige or Tan; Blue or Navy; Red

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Stains

Type of inscription:

Date

Method used to make the inscription:

Printed in the fabric

Location of inscription:

on back

Time period:

1876-1900

Family/owner's date for quilt:

1881

Describe the quilt's layout:

Vertical bands

Number of quilt blocks:

55

Size of quilt blocks:

7 1/2 inches x 7 1/2 inches

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Strippy or vertical bands (in vertical rows separated by plain vertical bars)

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

2

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Geometric; Multiple scrap; Print; Plaid

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Materials used to make the back:

Other

Description of the back:

Flour sacks

What color is the back of the quilt?

Cream

Describe the back:

Hand sewn

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Describe the binding:

Several different cotton print fabrics used in binding

How is the binding made?

Straight grain; Hand sewn

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How thick is the quilt?

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

Single

Color of thread used in the quilting:

White

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5 per inch

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Single parallel lines; Outline; Grid/crosshatch

Quilt top made by:

Holts, Mary Jane

Quilted by:

Holts, Mary Jane

Where the quilt was made, state:

Connecticut (CT)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Quiltmaker did not have any children. Quilt was given to quiltmaker's brother, who lived in Rhode Island. It was then given to their daughter Flora Stanton, who passed the quilt to her daughter, Esther Gray Perkins, who then passed the quilt to her daughter Cynthia Stanton Zeller, who is the mother of the current owner's husband.

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

The quilt was made to be used for:

Unknown

Quilt is presently used as:

Keepsake/memento

Where did the maker get their materials?

Feed or flour sacks; Unknown

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Unknown

Where did the quiltmaker find the pattern for the quilting design on the quilt?

Unknown

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

"Stitches in Time: Rhode Island Quilts," Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, RI, February 3-June 30, 1994.

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Family history of quiltmaker traced back to 1676. Welters, Linda and Margaret Ordonez (eds.), Down by the Old Mill Stream, Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000; 223-225. Figs 118 & 119.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's state:

Rhode Island (RI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Stanton

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

11/04/1840

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Stonington

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Connecticut

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

09/1873; 03/27/1860

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Stanton, Samuel Gray

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Hillman, Mary Jane

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

1-Douglas, Daniel Cpt.; 2-Holts, Charles

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Sea Captain, unknown

Who photographed this quilt?

RIQDP

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Linda Welters