QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-7184

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:

5696

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 2007.12

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:

39.25

Length:

47

Quiltmaker's state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Quiltmaker's county:

Lancaster

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Ethnic group:

Amish or Mennonite

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

donated by Gail Binney

Time period:

1800-1849

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Machine Piecing

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

7 inner stris 4"/outer strips 5"

Block size:

4.75 x 5.25

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Green

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid diamond

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Width between quilting lines:

1-1.5"

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, print, plain weave, 5"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

gold print

Batting:

Blanket or flannel

Describe the quilt filling:

flannel sheet?

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Bars

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

1835c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum