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QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5067

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:

2290

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

57

Length:

76

Quilt top made by:

Crocker, Julia

Quiltmaker's state:

Iowa (IA)

Quiltmaker's city:

IA or MO

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

# of Children:

5

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

from quiltmaker's relative

Time period:

1876-1900

Note:

base pieced differently

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

4 vertical rows, 3 horizontal rows, 18 blocks

Block shape:

Triangles

Block size:

12.25

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Red

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Motif design, decorative:

Floral

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, plain weave

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Polyester

Backing, number of pieces:

one piece

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

possibly faded; lightly soiled

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

815.5

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Evergreen Tree

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

1880c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)

Cite this Quilt

Crocker, Juli. Evergreen Tree. 1876-1900. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5067. Accessed: 03/28/24