QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5142
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:
2451
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
84
Length:
84
Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):
Barn Raising
How did owner acquire quilt?
Purchase
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
from antique dealer in NH/ from a house in MO
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:
6 vertical rows, 6 horizontal rows, 36 blocks
Block shape:
Squares
Block size:
12
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
shirtings/ decorator fabrics/plain weave/pile weave
Predominant colors:
Blue or Navy
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Outline
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6-May
Number of borders:
3
Binding and edging:
Separate binding applied
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Binding; pattern:
back to front on 1 side, plaid
Batting:
Cotton
Backing, number of pieces:
4 pieces
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, weave and pattern:
decorator; off-white blue/green floral
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Condition, damage:
Dirty
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, no. and source:
2573
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Log Cabin
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
Barn Raising. 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=11-37-5142. Accessed: 04/19/24