QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5154

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Boston Museum of Fine Arts

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

2474

Alternate inventory control number:

MFA# 1999.248

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Quilt owner's city:

Boston

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Suffolk

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

91.25

Length:

91

Quiltmaker's county:

New England

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Time period:

1800-1849

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Technique, applique:

Hand Applique

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

3 vertical rows, 3 horizontal rows, 9 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

27

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Cream

Antique colors:

Indigo Blue

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Motif design, decorative:

Cables

Describe the quilting designs used:

circles

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Describe the quilt filling:

with debris

Batting thickness:

Thick

Backing, number of pieces:

4

Backing, fiber:

Linen

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Inscription, type:

Message

Inscription, content:

Presented to Mrs Fanny W Johnson by her mother Elmira Farnsworth

Inscription, technique:

Ink

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

This quilt is not structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Mariner's Compass

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

1840-1850

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Boston Museum of Fine Arts