QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5124
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:
2413
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
108
Length:
99.5
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:
Hand Piecing
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
On point or rotated on 45 degrees
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Alternating with plain squares
Shape of edge:
T-cutout
Describe the edge:
Four Poster, 21.5
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
66 blocks
Block shape:
Squares
Block size:
11
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
plain weave
Predominant colors:
Cream
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Outline
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
10
Width between quilting lines:
3/4"
Binding and edging:
Separate binding applied
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Binding; pattern:
same print as used in blocks
Batting:
Wool
Backing, number of pieces:
three pieces
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Condition:
Very good/almost new
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, no. and source:
1517
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Snowball
Details
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1900c
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Snowball. 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=11-37-5124. Accessed: 04/24/24