QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4714

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Martha's Vineyard Historical Society

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

1260

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Martha's Vineyard Historical Society

Quilt owner's city:

Edgartown

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Dukes

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

80

Length:

81

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Time period:

1800-1849

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the quilt setting:

strips between blocks

Block shape:

Triangles

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Weaves/Surfaces:

Glazed

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

copper plate/plain weave

Predominant colors:

Blue or Navy

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid diamond

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, print, blue copperplate

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Woven or homespun

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the damage:

This quilt is not structurally sound.

Describe the repairs:

mended

Pattern name, no. and source:

1193d

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Strippie with Triangle Combination

Details

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

1825-1850

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Martha's Vineyard Historical Society