QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5121

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:

2412

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

76.25

Length:

89.25

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

from mother who purchased it in Pittsburgh, PA

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Machine Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

13 vertical rows, 11 horizontal rows

Block shape:

Squares

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Beige or Tan

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

In-the-ditch

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Binding and edging:

Back turned to front

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Polyester

Describe the quilt filling:

back & batting added later

Backing, number of pieces:

one piece

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

added later

Backing, predominant color:

Beige or Tan

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1519b

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Rob Peter to Pay Paul

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

1880c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)