QUILT INDEX RECORD

16-12-238

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

DAR Museum

Who documented this quilt?

DAR Museum; Permanent Collection

DAR Number:

87.26

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Signature quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Cross

How wide is the quilt?

68 1/2 inches

How long is the quilt?

70 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White; Red

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Type of inscription:

Place; Initials; Message; Multiple Names

What is inscribed on the quilt?

1a - S.O. Shipple / Harrisville R.I. - Emma A.S. Shipple / Harrisville, R.I. - Cora M. Hammond - P.M. Arnold / Puritan Conn. 1b - C.M. Greene / Co. B 18th Reg. C.V. - Mrs. J.W. Greene / Puritan Conn. - Mrs. C.M. Greene / Puritan Conn. - Jas. Marquis Greene / Puritan Conn. 1c - Mrs. Bessie Harris - Francis larnard - Mrs. Milo Garren - Inez E. Curtis 1d - Miss Elizabeth Oats - Mrs. Jane S. Willis - Mrs. Elizabeth Chase - Mrs. Grace Nikoloff 1e - Edwin Percy / Pomfreck CT - William Spoucey / Puritan CT - Miss Mary A. Percy ? Pomfreck CT - Mrs. Leo E. Shaw 1f - Mrs. WJ Allen - Sargt. Moses J. Chandler / Co. G 18th Regt CT Vol - W.J. Allen - Mrs. Mary A. Chandler 2a - Mrs. Chester Childes - Mrs. J.A. Carpentry - Miss Ruth C. Childes - John A. Carpenter 2b - Edwin L. Wood / Puritan Conn. - Arthur W. Wood / Puritan Conn. - Mrs. E.L. Wood / Puritan Conn. - Mrs. Kate Quinn / AG Warner W.R.G. 2c - Mrs. N. Seaver - Mrs. J. Wood / Peabody, Mass. - Orlen King / Peabody, Mass. - Jerome Wood / Peabody, Mass. 2d - Frank Warren / Puritan Conn. - Mrs. Amy Adams - Mrs. Katilda Moultons - Mrs. Cora Petterson 2e - Mrs. Edith M. Arnold - Miss Emma G. Levette - Miss Ann Levette - Miss Minnie Nutall 2f - Mrs. Elizabeth I. Howell - Mrs. Gertrude A. Letters - Mrs. Geo. Y. Pray - Mrs. Charles M. Letters / Asst. Postmaster 3a - Ralph W. Tefft - Edward N. Joslin - Mrs. Maria N. Tefft - Ella J. Joslin 3b - Miss Meyra Bernmor - Mr. U. Benmor - Mr. Oscar Corman / Co. D 18th Conn - Mrs. U. Benmor 3c - Mrs. Charles W. Johnson - Mrs. Hiram L. Barrnett - Charles W. Johnson / Co. D 30th Maine Reg. - Hiram L. Barnett / Co. K 7th C.V. 3d - Estellah O. McKachine / Puritan Conn. - Olive F. Chamberlaine / Puritan Conn. - Joseph McKachine / Co. K 1st Conn. Calvary - Wm. H. Chamberlaine / Co. G 18th Conn. V. / Puritan Conn. 3e - Mrs. Ehettery - Mrs. F.G. Letters - Master F. Halford Letters - Frank G. Letters / Postmaster 3f - Mrs. Sarah N. Corbin - Karlie Inez Corbin - Dea Edward M. Corbin - Harold Standish Corbin 4a - Nathan W. Kennedy / Editor "Observer" - Frank H. Cordren / Puritan Conn. - C.H. Fourtellotte / Puritan Conn. - William F. Davis / Killingby Conn. 4b - Mrs. Joesph Copeland - Mrs. B.F. Chaffer - Mrs. Joseph Copeland - Mr. B.F. Chaffer / Nellie M. Smith 4c - Miss. Gertrude Garghain - Mrs. Dorothy Barnett - Mrs. Ann Brigber / Webster, Mass. - Walter J. Barnett 4d - Inez Hoyler - Laurie Sweet - Monroe Doyle / Co. K 15th Reg. Mass. Vol - Lillian G. Sweet 4e - Mrs. Marcia Cuther - Mrs. Julia Finchorn - Mrs. Mary Bowen - Mrs. Lilla Rich 4f - Olive M. Hammomd / Puritan Conn. - Beulah G. Hammond / Puritan Conn. - Wm. F. Hammond / Puritan Conn. - Robert Hammond / A.D. Mc Intyre 5a - Mrs. Oscar Gorman - A. Frund / Nov. 21st 1904 - Mrs. B.F. Benoit - John Sabin 5b - Miss. Lena Ratigan / Pomfret Conn. - Spanish War Veterans wife, / Mrs. J. Wesley WIlcox, / Windsville, Maine - Mrs. Elizabeth Looby / Pomfret, Conn - Wife of a son of a Veteran / Mrs. Ruby Spencer / Pomfret, Conn. 5c - H.M. Randall / Co. D 18th Conn. - Emily G. Cady - Amagenette Randall - Arnie A. Randall 5d - Mrs. Fred W. Tefft - Lila May Tefft - Mrs. Mary Marian - G.D. Bates / 7th R.I. Vol 5e - Mr. J.E. Greene - Mrs. J.S. Greene - Mrs. Clara Green Wheeler - Miss Catherine McNermy 5f - Miss Mabel Corey - Mrs. William D. Case - Mrs. Margret Smith' - Master Willis W. Sherman 6a - Frederick M. Corbin - Ida Billings - Mrs. Salome King - Emelie C. Prince 6b - Joesph R. Wood / Rochester N.Y. - Robert Wood / Rochester N.Y. - Mrs. J.R. Woods / Rochester N.Y. - Jerome Wood / Rochester N.Y. 6c - Mr. Frank H. Smith - Lydia A. Fogg - Mrs. Frank H. Smith - Cryus Smith 6d - Mrs. W.P. Vaugham / Puritan Ct - Marshall Kenyon / Co. N 11th Reg Conn. Vol - William P. Vaugham / Puritan Ct - mrs. Mary Kenyon / Puritan Ct 6e - Mr. E.L. Kelley - Mrs. Lillie E. Leach / AG Warner #38 - Mrs. E.L. Kelley - Miss Winfred L. Kelley 6f - Mrs. John O. Fox - John Otis Fox Jr. - John O. Fox - Miss Edith Fox 7a - George W. Tefft - Doreas Bartlett - Mrs. Hannah S. Gallope - Ruth D. Bartlett 7b - Katherine Frawley - Ella Clark - Nettie A. Kenoworth - Mary Flagg 7c - Edwin R. Wood / Co. b 18th Reg Conn Vol - Mrs. E.C. Wood - Mrs. Abbie Woods / A.G. Warren W.R.C. - Elma C. Wood / Puritan Conn. 7d - Mr. Stephen King - Mrs. Edward Tibbitts - Mrs. Stephen King - Mr. Edward Tibbitts 7e - Mrs. Julia M. Cole - Samuel K. Spaulding / Co. B 18th Conn Vol - Mrs. Gertrude I. Gleason - Mrs. Samuel K. Spaulding 7f - Rosaria Bassette - Mrs. Robert G. Smith - Mrs. Moses Bassette - Mr. Robert G. Smith

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on block

Describe where the inscription was found:

centers

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1904

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Size of quilt blocks:

9 1/4 x 9 1/2

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:

1

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Squares

Sashing width:

2

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

Width of pieces on the back:

34 1/2, 34 1/4, 1 1/2

Describe the back:

Same fabric used throughout

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

Fabric structure of the binding:

Plain weave

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

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?

Medium (3/16?)

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Describe the quilting designs used:

tied; not quilted

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

Same handwriting throughout.

Where the quilt was made, state:

Connecticut (CT)

Where the quilt was made, country:

USA

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

The signatures are those of relatives, living in the northeastern part of the United States (Massachusetts, Connecticut), whose families were Civil War veterans and/or Spanish-American War veterans.

Why was the quilt made?

Unknown

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

DAR Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Washington, DC

Quilt owner's state:

Washington D.C.

Quilt owner's country:

USA

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

DAR Museum