QUILT INDEX RECORD

23-19-475

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:

685

Person filling out this form is:

Other

Source of the information on this quilt:

Friend of Quilt owner

When was the form filled out?

11/16/1993

Choose the best description of the source to the quilt:

Other

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

Inherited

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Flying Geese

How wide is the quilt?

88 inches

How long is the quilt?

99 1/2 inches

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Red; Brown; Blue or Navy

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Stains

Time period:

1800-1849

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

1835-1845

Who estimated the quilt's date?

Margaret Ordonez

Describe the quilt's layout:

Vertical strip

Number of quilt blocks:

12 strips

Size of quilt blocks:

3 1/4 x 6 inch block

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

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

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Triangles

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Print; Plaid; Floral

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?

White

Describe the back:

Hand sewn

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Home cut; Straight grain; Hand sewn

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

half inch - one inch

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

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6 per inch

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Other

Describe the quilting designs used:

Chevron

Where the quilt was made, state:

Rhode Island (RI)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Owner at time of documentation had inherited the quilt from her great aunt's estate.

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

Quiltmaker is unknown, great aunt of owner probably inherited it from the Saunders family. As of 2007 the quilt is at the Babcock Smith house in Westerly, RI. Probably donated upon the death of the owner.

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?

Public domain

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

"Nineteenth-Century Patchwork in Rhode Island," Vermont Quilt Festival, Northfield, Vermont, July 8-10, 1994.

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

Fig. 111 Welters, Linda and Margaret Ordonez (eds.), Down by the Old Mill Stream, Kent, OH: Kent State University Press, 2000.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner's name:

Babcock-Smith House Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Westerly

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