QUILT INDEX RECORD

49-142-2615

New York Quilt Project ID #:

BEL-226

Location of Interview:

Belfast, NY

When was the form filled out?

6/12/1989

Who documented this quilt?

New York Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

American Folk Art Museum

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Montrose

Quilt owner's state:

New York (NY)

2. How did the present owner acquire this quilt?

Inheritance

4. How is the present owner related to the quiltmaker? The quiltmaker is my.....

Grandmother

6. When was the quilt made?

Early 1930's

Time period:

1930-1949

9. Where did the quiltmaker live when this quilt was made?

New York (NY)

County (where quilt was made):

Cattaraugus

Town, City or Village (where quilt was made):

Olean

Country (where the quilt was made):

United States

20. Did the quiltmaker have a name for this pattern? If so, what?

Flower Garden

List others who helped with making the quilt (other than quilting):

This quilt was made by the quiltowner's grandmother, when she died the rest of the quilt was made by the Amish.

Size: Length:

93"

Width:

76"

Type:

One patch or allover

Type: block shape

Hexagons

This is a:

Finished quilt

Fabric:

Cotton

Fabric Design:

Print; Solid/plain

Predominant Colors:

Blue; Green; Lavender; Pink; White; Yellow

Explain the quilt setting:

Separated by a single row of hexagons

Layout: orientation

Straight

Border: None; Single; Double; Triple

2

Border Fabric; Border Corners:

This quilt has a double border and the border's fabric is solid.

BACKING - Fabric:

Cotton

BACKING - Fabric Design:

Solid/plain

Width of Fabric:

42"

BACKING - Colors:

White

BINDING - Self or Applied:

Bias grain; Hand sewn; Machine sewn

BATTING - Type:

Polyester

QUILT TOP CONSTRUCTION - Piecing:

Hand Piecing

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Stitches per Inch - (top only):

6

QUILTING DESIGN - Describe any other quilting designs or notes:

The quilt stitches are even.

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Details

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Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

American Folk Art Museum