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QUILT INDEX RECORD

49-142-2630

New York Quilt Project ID #:

BEL-119

Location of Interview:

Belfast, NY

When was the form filled out?

9/12/1989

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:

Fillmore

Quilt owner's state:

New York (NY)

2. How did the present owner acquire this quilt?

Inheritance

6. When was the quilt made?

After 1866's

Time period:

1850-1875

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

New York (NY)

21. Has the quilt ever been exhibited? If so, where?

Yes, this quilt has been exhibited at a local library quilt show.

Describe the quilt in one or two sentences:

Shades of brown - from wedding dresses and quilted in brown.

Size: Length:

88"

Width:

71"

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Type:

Block pattern

Type: block shape

Squares

This is a:

Finished quilt

Fabric:

Cotton

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

From a wedding dress

Layout: spacing

Alternating with plain squares

Layout: orientation

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Border Fabric; Border Corners:

There is no border on this quilt.

BACKING - Fabric:

Cotton

BACKING - Fabric Design:

Solid/plain

Seamed?

The back is seamed.

Width of Fabric:

35"

BACKING - Colors:

Beige

BINDING - Self or Applied:

Hand sewn; Machine sewn; Straight grain

BATTING - Type:

Cotton

BATTING - Condition:

Thin

QUILT TOP CONSTRUCTION - Piecing:

Hand Piecing

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Stitches per Inch - (top only):

5

QUILTING DESIGN - Overall:

Echo

QUILTING DESIGN - Describe any other quilting designs or notes:

The quilt stitches are even.

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Any other comments?

This quilt was made from grandmother's wedding dress.

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Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

American Folk Art Museum

Cite this Quilt

After 1866's. From American Folk Art Museum, New York Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=49-142-2630. Accessed: 03/29/24