QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4603

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:

1590

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

62

Length:

88

Quilt top made by:

Parrish, Nellie

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

N Shore

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1896

Birthplace, city:

Lynnfield

Birthplace, state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Birthplace, country:

United States

Occupation:

wife & mother

Date of death and location:

1987 in N Shore, MA.

Ethnic group:

Yankee

Anything else known about the quiltmaker (including where quiltmaker lived most of their life and other quilts made)?

made the 1930's blocks/made many quilts/Quilt finished in 1994 by owner.

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

7 1930s blocks purchased at sale in Melrose, MA in 1994

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Info on extra blocks/ Quilting fabric pattern #2471 EIGH

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, applique:

Hand Applique

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

1 vertical row, 2 horizontal rows, 7 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

15.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

White

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

In-the-ditch

Motif design, decorative:

Cables

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Width between quilting lines:

1"

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, plain weave, irregular

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

plaid

Batting:

Polyester

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

White

Inscription, type:

Signature

Inscription, content:

Jo Bruce 98 Angelica Av,Mattapoisett,MA

Inscription, front/back:

on back

Inscription, technique:

Ink

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

766.3

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Lily Flower variation

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

1930s & 1994

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)