QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4323

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:

1114

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

62

Length:

74.5

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

for $12 at a Flea Market in Taunton, MA in 1992

Time period:

1901-1929

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Block shape:

Triangles

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Yellow

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Motif design, overall:

Grid/crosshatch

Motif design, decorative:

Cables

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Width between quilting lines:

2.5

Number of borders:

1

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

4

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Describe the damage:

This quilt is not structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1949 or 1930 & pg 115

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Sister's Choice variation

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

1925c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)