QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5118
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:
2398
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
76
Length:
84
How did owner acquire quilt?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
fom husband's great-aunt
Time period:
1876-1900
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:
146 blocks
Block shape:
Squares
Block size:
4.5
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
plain weave
Predominant colors:
Cream
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Outline
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Width between quilting lines:
1/4" inside pattern & on sashing
Binding and edging:
Separate binding applied
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Binding; pattern:
patterned fabric
Batting:
Cotton
Backing, number of pieces:
three pieces
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, weave and pattern:
light brown/red dot overall
Condition:
Very good/almost new
Condition, damage:
Fading
Describe the damage:
some fading/ some damage
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, no. and source:
650.2
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Baskets
Details
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1890c
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Baskets. 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=11-37-5118. Accessed: 03/29/24