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11-37-5144

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:

2454

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

76

Length:

76

Time period:

1930-1949

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

curved pieces hand pieced & blocks sewn together by machine

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

10 vertical rows, 10 horizontal rows, 100 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

7.25

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

damask, plain weave

Predominant colors:

Pink

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

circles

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Width between quilting lines:

3/4"

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, print, plain weave, 3 sides/ pieced 2.25" dogtooth

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Describe the quilt filling:

very thin

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Pattern name, no. and source:

1517

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Snowball

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

1935c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)

Cite this Quilt

Snowball. 1930-1949. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5144. Accessed: 03/29/24