QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-1860

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:

2039

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

76

Length:

80

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

at auction in Hereford, England

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Summer spread (quilt top bound but not backed or quilted or tied)

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

no

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

hexagons whipped tog. Eng. fashion/ no paper

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

36 vertical rows, 34 horizontal rows

Block shape:

Hexagons

Block size:

2.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Beige or Tan

Quilting:

Machine quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

orig. machine quilted but stitching removed

Binding; pattern:

No binding, front of quilt turned to back; back mach. Stitched

Batting:

No filling

Backing, number of pieces:

6

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

muslin

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition, structurally sound?

Conservation/ Restoration/ center medallion & 4-7 piece hexagon inserts in each quarter of quilt

Pattern name, no. and source:

1609

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Hexagon

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

1890c-1920c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)