QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5111

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:

2392

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

87.5

Length:

89

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

family quilt/ maybe aunt's or grandmother's

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

7 vertical rows, 7 horizontal rows, 47 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

13

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Brown

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Width between quilting lines:

1.5"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

patterned fabric

Batting:

Wool

Backing, number of pieces:

4 pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

red/brown shade

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

hole in top part of quilt

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

2573

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Log Cabin

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

1870c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)