QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5123

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Historic Deerfield-Memorial Hall Museum

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

1975

Alternate inventory control number:

HD# I F3

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Historic Deerfield/Memorial Hall Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Deerfield

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Franklin

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

105

Length:

107

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

13

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Weaves/Surfaces:

Glazed

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

cylinder prints, plain weave

Predominant colors:

Brown

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid diamond

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Width between quilting lines:

1.5"

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, print, plain weave, cylinder paisley print

Binding and edging:

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

Batting:

Wool

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

5

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Blue or Navy

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the damage:

minor damage to yellow fabric near upper center of quilt; brown dye rot on one block

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

2138b

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Optical Sawtooth

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

1830-1850c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Historic Deerfield/Memorial Hall Museum