QUILT INDEX RECORD
17-13-2684
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Connecticut Quilt Search
Who documented this quilt?
Connecticut Quilt Search Project
Where was the quilt documentation day held?
Mohawk-Cornwall
Connecticut Quilt Search Documentation Project Number:
2777
Source of the information on this quilt:
Grandfather
When was the form filled out?
6/1/1996
Who helped you fill out the form?
SR,SO
This is a:
Finished quilt
Owner's name for quilt:
Baskets
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Scrap
How wide is the quilt?
82
How long is the quilt?
92
What color is the quilt?
White; Brown
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
Time period:
1901-1929
Number of quilt blocks:
49
Size of quilt blocks:
9.5
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
On point or rotated 45 degrees
Sashing width:
2
Describe the borders:
Border same as top, Pieced border, half triangles, 6.5
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Plaid; Geometric; Floral; Striped
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Description of the back:
Backing fabric print is soild, Backing is stained
How is the binding made?
Straight grain
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cannot tell
How thick is the quilt?
Thin (Less than 3/16")
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Color of thread used in the quilting:
white
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
10
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Outline
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
Elaborate quilting, floral
Quilt top made by:
Whitcomb, Frank Augustus
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
inherited
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
Yes, information available
Quiltmaker's birth date:
10/18/1860
Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:
Cornwall Bridge
Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:
Connecticut (CT)
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
3/1941
Biography of the quiltmaker:
Where quiltmaker lived: Cornwall Bridge, CT
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Connecticut Quilt Search Project
Cite this Quilt
Whitcomb, Frank Augustu. Baskets. 1901-1929. From Connecticut Quilt Search, Connecticut Quilt Search Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=17-13-2684. Accessed: 03/29/24