QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Belchertown Historical Association at Stone House Museum

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

1709

Alternate inventory control number:

SHM# 98.16.1

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Belchertown Historical Association at Stone House Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Belchertown

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Hampshire

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

63

Length:

73

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Drunkard's Path [back]

Time period:

1876-1900

Note:

See Stone House Museum notes

Format:

Finished quilt

Describe the format:

quilted quilt is inside

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Block shape:

Triangles

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Brown

Quilting:

Tied or tufted

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

see notes

Binding and edging:

Front turned to back

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

on 3 sides

Batting:

Another quilt

Describe the quilt filling:

cotton

Batting thickness:

Medium

Backing, number of pieces:

4

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

Drunkard's Path blocks 5.5"

Describe the back:

Reversible

Condition, damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Pattern name, no. and source:

2413b & 1993

Pattern name, variations and comments:

9 Patch Checkerboard

Details

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

1875-1900

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Belchertown Historical Association at Stone House Museum