QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4854

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:

1982

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

72

Length:

75

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Churn Dash

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Grandfather/died in 1956/ attended auctions

Source of pattern:

Original to maker

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

13 vertical rows, 12 horizontal rows, 156 blocks

Block shape:

Triangles

Block size:

4

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Beige or Tan

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Width between quilting lines:

1.75

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, plain weave, same fabric as backing for lattice strips and binding

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

machine sewn, patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, weave and pattern:

striped

Backing, predominant color:

Brown

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Stains

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

9 Patch

Details

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

1880c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)