QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5116

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:

2401

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

64.5

Length:

87

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Block shape:

Triangles

Block size:

3

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave/twill weave

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

In-the-ditch

Describe the quilting designs used:

center of each triangle

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, plain weave

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

111a

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Pyramids

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

1900c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)