QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

631

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

77

Length:

78

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Champion family

Quiltmaker's state:

Connecticut (CT)

Quiltmaker's city:

Old Lyme

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

13 vertical rows, 13 horizontal rows, 169 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

5.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid/crosshatch

Number of borders:

1

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

seamed

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Stains

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Snowball

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

1900c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)