quilt

Name/Title

Quilt

Entry/Object ID

1988.6.3

Description

Pieced quilts made from irregularly sized and placed rectangles of woolen fabric in blues, browns, yellows, and greens. . A few squares in the center are pieced from smaller shapes. The reverse is backed in brown pieced wool. The edges are bound with wool in brown, and blues. The quilt is stuffed with wool batter, and rather than being quilted, it is tied.

Context

According to popular history, the quilt was brought to Calais in 1789 by Abijah and Lois Wheelock, the first permanent settlers. However, it postdates that by more than half a century.

Acquisition

Accession

1988.6

Source or Donor

Jackman, Robert

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Anderson, Betty Jackman

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Quilt

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Needlework

Nomenclature Class

Art

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

69-3/4 in

Width

34-3/4 in

Material

Wool

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Wheelock, Abijah

Person or Organization

Wheelock, Lois Nichols

Related Places

Place

Town

Calais

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America