QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-1518

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:

5778

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 2007.22

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

Quilt top made by:

Jones, Gertrude Bell Richardson?

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

Dracut

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1896

Date of death and location:

1960

Anything else known about the quiltmaker (including where quiltmaker lived most of their life and other quilts made)?

one of her brothers worked at the Arlington Mills

Time period:

Timespan

Note:

circles with muslin backs gathered at one end only then sewn together

Format:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Technique, novelty:

Yo-yo

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

45 vertical rows, 37 horizontal rows, 1665 blocks

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

rayon, jersey knits, plain weave, twill weave

Overall color scheme:

Dark colors

Quilting:

Not quilted

Binding and edging:

Unfinished/raw edge

Backing, weave and pattern:

no backing

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

YoYo variation

Details

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

1900-1999

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum