QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5516

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; New England Quilt Museum Collection

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

2427

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 1987.02

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

New England Quilt Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Lowell

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Middlesex

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

108

Length:

104.5

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Tree of Life

Name of the group that made the quilt:

member of Glover family

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

donation/ Dorothy Brigham

Time period:

1800-1849

Do you know if any of the following exist (quiltmaker's diary or letters, patterns for quilt/quilting, photos of quiltmaker, quiltmaker's scrapbook or clippings, quiltmaker's patterns, awards, ribbons, pins, photo of quilt, other, existent?, if so, where)?

Gilbert pg 30

Format:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

T-cutout

Describe the edge:

Four Poster, 27 drop

Medallion size:

center medallion is 30.25 x 64

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Weaves/Surfaces:

Glazed

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Black

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Clamshell

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Width between quilting lines:

3/4"

Number of borders:

3

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, print, plain weave, no top border*. *Borders: 1. 10" sides; 10.5" bottom 2. 7.5" sides; 7.5" bottom 3. 21/21.5? Sides; 22" bottom

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?

1/4"

Binding; pattern:

same print as last border

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

9 pieces

Backing, fiber:

Woven or homespun

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Inscription, type:

Initials

Inscription, content:

I (?) B

Inscription, front/back:

on back

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

Cross Stitch

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

soiling and staining on back

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Flowering Tree/ Palampore

Details

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

1835c

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum