QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

University of Rhode Island

Who documented this quilt?

Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project; Little Compton Historical Society Collection

Rhode Island Quilt Documentation Project Number:

637

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

05/28/1993

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Quilt owner

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

Other

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Information provided by the Little Compton Historical Society.

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Whole Cloth Quilt

How wide is the quilt?

90 inches

How long is the quilt?

97 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Blue or Navy

Overall color scheme:

One color/monochromatic

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Insect damage

Time period:

1800-1849

Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:

ca. 1800

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Linda Welters

Describe the quilt's layout:

Wholecloth

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Glazed

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

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:

Wool; Woven or homespun

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Describe the back:

Hand sewn

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

How thick is the quilt?

Thin (Less than 3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9 per inch

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Floral; Vines

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Where the quilt was made, state:

Rhode Island (RI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Other

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Donated to the Little Compton Historical Society by an unknown donor at an unknown time.

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

Believed to be from the Little Compton area due to the society not accepting items without a Little Compton history.

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

The quilt was made to be used for:

Unknown

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Where did the maker get their materials?

Unknown

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Public domain/traditional pattern

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, February 6-June 30, 1994.

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

Fig. 8 in Linda Welters and Margaret Ordonez (eds), Down by the Old Mill Stream: Quilts in Rhode Island (Kent State University Press, 2000).

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Little Compton Historical Society

Quilt owner's city:

Little Compton

Quilt owner's state:

Rhode Island (RI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Who photographed this quilt?

RIQDP

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Linda Welters

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