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QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5074

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:

2308

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

80

Length:

80

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

from a friend from St. Portland, ME

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Machine Piecing

Technique, applique:

Machine Applique

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

7 vertical rows, 7 horizontal rows, 49 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

9

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Green

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid/crosshatch

Motif design, decorative:

Feathering

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

12-Nov

Width between quilting lines:

1"

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Pieced, cotton, plain weave, print, 8" zigzag

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

6 pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

glazed

Backing, predominant color:

White

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Double Irish Chain

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

1870c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)

Cite this Quilt

Double Irish Chain. 1850-1875. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5074. Accessed: 03/29/24