QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-149

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Duxbury Rural Historical Society

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

6199

Alternate inventory control number:

DRHS# 2009.016.001

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Duxbury Rural Historical Society

Quilt owner's city:

Duxbury

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Plymouth

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

87

Length:

87.5

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Straight Furrows

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Layout:

Block pattern

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Shape of edge:

Straight

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

9 vertical rows, 9 horizontal rows, 81 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

9.5 x 10

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Blue or Navy

Antique colors:

Indigo Blue

Quilting:

Tied or tufted

Binding; pattern:

No binding

Batting:

Polyester

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Blue or Navy

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

2573

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Log Cabin

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

1890c -1960c, back 1960c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Duxbury Rural Historical Society