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

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

1748

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

78

Length:

91

Quilt top made by:

Soulnier, Barbara

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

Walpole

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1919

Birthplace, city:

Beverly

Birthplace, state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Birthplace, country:

United States

Occupation:

speech teacher

Ethnic group:

Scotch/Irish

Spouse's occupation:

human resources

# of Children:

2

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Ross, Sarah Winn

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace and birthdate:

Lowell,MA

Quiltmaker's Mother's Ethnic/Racial Group:

Irish

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Ross, James Bennett

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace and birthdate:

Lowell,MA

Quiltmaker's Father's Ethnic/Racial Group:

Scotch

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

owner

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

made by owner

Source of pattern:

Commercial/Published source: Kit

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

Paragon

Time period:

1950-1975

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, applique:

Hand Applique

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the quilt setting:

4 different blocks following a diagonal

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

4 vertical rows, 5 horizontal rows, 20 blocks

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Gray

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Single parallel lines

Motif design, decorative:

Feathering

Describe the quilting designs used:

radiating

Number of borders:

2

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Pieced, plain & sawtooth

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

replaced

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

4

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

White

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Snowflake

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

1948-1959

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)