QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-4526
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:
1045
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
76
Length:
90
Quiltmaker's state:
Massachusetts (MA)
Quiltmaker's city:
S Gardner
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
How did owner acquire quilt?
Inheritance
Time period:
1876-1900
Format:
Finished quilt
Technique, piecing:
Hand Piecing
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Block shape:
Triangles
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Weaves/Surfaces:
Glazed
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
centennial & shirtings/plain weave
Predominant colors:
Blue or Navy
Antique colors:
Indigo Blue
Overall color scheme:
Dark colors
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Single parallel lines
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
5
Width between quilting lines:
1"
Binding and edging:
Separate binding applied
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Binding; pattern:
patterned fabric
Batting:
Cotton
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, weave and pattern:
several
Backing, predominant color:
White
Condition:
Excellent/like new
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Old Italian Block
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1890c
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Old Italian Block. 1876-1900. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-4526. Accessed: 03/28/24