QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5117
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:
2397
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
66.5
Length:
75.5
Quilt top made by:
McAlister, Frances
Ethnic group:
Scotch
How did owner acquire quilt?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
7 generations of owners listed with quilt
Time period:
1876-1900
Format:
Finished quilt
Technique, piecing:
Hand Piecing
Sashing width:
4" strips
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
7 vertical rows, 7 horizontal rows
Block shape:
Squares
Block size:
6.25
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
plain weave
Predominant colors:
Brown
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Outline
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
7-Jun
Width between quilting lines:
1/2"
Number of borders:
1
Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:
Cotton, print, plain weave, 4" on 2 sides
Binding and edging:
Separate binding applied
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Binding; pattern:
straight applied on 2 sides; bottom cut & turned
Batting:
Cotton
Backing, number of pieces:
two pieces
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, predominant color:
Cream
Condition:
Good/moderate use
Condition, damage:
Fading
Describe the damage:
Damaged
Pattern name, no. and source:
732
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Flower Pot
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
McAlister, France. Flower Pot. 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=11-37-5117. Accessed: 03/29/24