QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-618

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Wenham Museum

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

6814

Alternate inventory control number:

Wenham #4979

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Wenham Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Wenham

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

77

Length:

81.5

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

donated by Margaret Kemble

Time period:

Pre-1799

Format:

Finished quilt

Layout:

Vertical strip

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Technique, embellishments:

Embroidery

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

crewel wool embroidery

Shape of edge:

Straight

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

9 strips: 5 chintz, 4 crewel

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Antique colors:

Madder Brown

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid diamond

Motif design, background:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Width between quilting lines:

2"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

replaced; conserved with crepoline, print

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

possibly home woven, plain weave

Describe the back:

Solid/plain

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

No Inscription

Condition:

Poor/very worn

Condition, damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

fractured

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is not structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

475

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Bars

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Wenham Museum