QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-340

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Nye Family of America Association, Inc.

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

6442

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Nye Family of America Association, Inc

Quilt owner's city:

E Sandwich

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Barnstable

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

80

Length:

86

Quilt top made by:

Nye, Mary (Amanda)

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's city:

Ray

Quiltmaker's county:

Macomb

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1835

Birthplace, country:

United States

Date of death and location:

1855

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Garvin, Mary Ann-daughter of Nathaniel Garvin

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace and birthdate:

Rush,Monroe County, NY

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Nye, Heman

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace and birthdate:

Pittsford, NY

Anything else known about the quiltmaker (including where quiltmaker lived most of their life and other quilts made)?

Born with dwarf arms/learned to use her toes as hands

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

donated by Hulda Nye of Arlington, VA

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

3 vertical rows, 3 horizontal rows, 13 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

15.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Red

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Single parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

chevrons

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8-Jul

Width between quilting lines:

.5"

Number of borders:

3

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Pieced, cotton, plain weave, dogtooth (Brackman# 112)/2 pieced/one plain

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Condition:

Fair/worn

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

2254

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Feathered Star

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

1850c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Nye Family of America Association, Inc