QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4784

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

1882

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

58.5

Length:

67

Quilt top made by:

Kinnear, Susan Florence

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Maker was owner's mother & grandmother

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

Clinton

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1856

Birthplace, city:

Clinton

Birthplace, state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Birthplace, country:

United States

Occupation:

homemaker

Date of death and location:

1939 in Clinton, MA.

Quiltmaker's spouse:

Kinnear, Samuel

# of Children:

many

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Time period:

1901-1929

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

6 vertical rows, 7 horizontal rows, 42 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

8.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

shirting/chambray/plain weave/twill weave

Predominant colors:

Blue or Navy

Antique colors:

Indigo Blue

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid diamond

Motif design, decorative:

Floral

Describe the quilting designs used:

done in 2000

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, .5

Binding and edging:

Back turned to front

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

muslin

Batting:

Polyester

Backing, number of pieces:

one piece

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

added in 2000, muslin

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

pg 71

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Crown of Thorns

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

1915c

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

from Lancaster Mills

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)