QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5061

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

2271

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

82.5

Length:

87.25

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

27 vertical rows, 189 blocks

Block shape:

Same block throughout

Block size:

6.5 x 3.25

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Green

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Single parallel lines

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7-Jun

Width between quilting lines:

1.5"

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, print, plain weave

Binding and edging:

Front turned to back

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

amazingly small stitches, patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Describe the back:

Different fabrics

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

slight fading/ some shattering

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Flying Geese

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

1975-1900

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)