QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-594

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:

6785

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 2012.17

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:

73

Length:

78.5

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

from Richard & Susan Doll

Time period:

1930-1949

Format:

Finished quilt

Layout:

Block pattern

Technique, piecing:

Machine Piecing

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Shape of edge:

Straight

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

7 vertical rows, 7 horizontal rows, 49 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

10.25

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Solid/plain

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Motif design, background:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Width between quilting lines:

3/4" in grid

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Top & bottom only, 2.5".

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

Plain weave

Backing, predominant color:

Blue or Navy

Describe the back:

Solid/plain

Inscription, content:

lone eagle on top and bottom border

Inscription, technique:

In the quilting

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

901/ variation

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Lone Eagle Airplane

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum