QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-284

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:

6355

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 2010.10

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:

66

Length:

97

Quilt's title:

History of Golf

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Story Book Quilts

Quilt top made by:

Newton, Marion Cheever Whiteside

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

donated by artist's niece Henrietta Tranum

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, embellishments:

Embroidery

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

6 vertical rows, 4 horizontal rows, 24 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

14.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Beige or Tan

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid diamond

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, print, flowers, plain weave, 4"

Binding and edging:

Front turned to back

Binding; pattern:

No binding, front border is turned to back

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Beige or Tan

Inscription, type:

Date

Inscription, content:

1384/1500/1592/1658/1780/1825/1850/1890/1904/1921/1940/1946; dates relate to Golf/label

Inscription, technique:

Embroidery

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

dates relate to Golf/label

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Original design--Marion Cheever Whiteside-Newton

Details

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

1946-2000

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum