QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4492

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Amherst Historical Society and Museum

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

1013

Alternate inventory control number:

AHS# 73.761

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Amherst Historical Society & Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Amherst

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Hampshire

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

94

Length:

96

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Time period:

1800-1849

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Shape of edge:

T-cutout

Describe the edge:

Four Poster, 22x22

Block shape:

Triangles

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Weaves/Surfaces:

Glazed

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Blue or Navy

Antique colors:

Indigo Blue

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Single parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

chevron

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Color of thread used in the quilting:

blue & off-white

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, 15.5" on sides with striped fabric/ 15" on bottom/ 11" on top

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; pattern:

knife edge on top only

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

many

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Pattern name, no. and source:

2021

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Counterpane

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

1830c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Amherst Historical Society & Museum