QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4594

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:

1240

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

88

Length:

92

Quilt top made by:

Lambert, Harriet (Hannah?) Norton

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

Lambert's Cove

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Birthplace, city:

Lambert's Cove

Birthplace, state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Birthplace, country:

United States

Occupation:

farm wife

Date of death and location:

In Vineyard Haven, MA.

Ethnic group:

English

Spouse's occupation:

farmer

# of Children:

3

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Norton, _______

Quiltmaker's Mother's Ethnic/Racial Group:

English

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Norton, _______

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace and birthdate:

Lambert's Cove,MA

Quiltmaker's Father's Ethnic/Racial Group:

English

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Time period:

1800-1849

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Block shape:

Diamonds

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Weaves/Surfaces:

Glazed

Patterns:

Print

Predominant colors:

Brown

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Single parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

diagonal

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Width between quilting lines:

1"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

patterned fabric, duplicates large diamond fabric on front

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

4

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Brown

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

top very good. This quilt is not structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

4 Patch/ Stretched

Details

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

1825-1850

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)