QUILT INDEX RECORD

23-19-846

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:

192

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner; Relative of quiltmaker

Source of the information on this quilt:

grandaughter of quiltmaker

When was the form filled out?

06/06/1992

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:

Maltese Cross

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Double T's

How wide is the quilt?

76 1/2 inches

How long is the quilt?

89 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White; Red; Green

Overall color scheme:

Dark colors; Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading

Time period:

1876-1900

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

1870-1880

Further information concerning dates:

Laury, Jean Ray. Ho for California: Pioneer Women and their Quilts (New York: EP Dutton, 1990); 72.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

56

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by cornerstones or connecting blocks sashing (different fabric in intersection)

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:

Dotted; Geometric; Floral; 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:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Brown

Describe the back:

Machine sewn

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Hand sewn; Bias grain

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:

6 per inch

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8 per inch

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilt top made by:

Burdick, Hannah Maria Palmer

Quilted by:

Burdick, Hannah Maria Palmer

Where the quilt was made, city:

Pawcatuck

Where the quilt was made, state:

Connecticut (CT)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Passed down through family to current owner.

Why was the quilt made?

Art or personal expression

The quilt was made to be used for:

Bedding, daily use

Quilt is presently used as:

Keepsake/memento

Where did the maker get their materials?

Traded for; Sewing scraps

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?

Public domain

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

"Pieced and Patched: Rhode Island Quilts and the Textile Industry," Slater Mill Historic Site, Pawtucket, RI, September 15-December 20, 1994.

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

Welters, Linda and Margaret Ordonez (eds.), Down by the Old Mill Stream, Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000; 53, 127.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's state:

Rhode Island (RI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Palmer

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1856

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Hopkinton City

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Massachusetts

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1926

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

School Teacher

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Larkin, unknown

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Larkin, Hannah

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

English

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

English

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

Printer-CB Cottrell company

Number of children:

3

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

3

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Under 10 years of age

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Pleasure; Necessity

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

only informally

Who photographed this quilt?

RIQDP

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Linda Welters