QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4860

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Historic Deerfield-Memorial Hall Museum

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

1979

Alternate inventory control number:

HD# 69.1248

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Historic Deerfield/Memorial Hall Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Deerfield

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Franklin

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

54

Length:

72

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Describe the quilt setting:

blocks in strips/ don't quite meet squarely across

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

16 vertical rows, 13 horizontal rows, 208 blocks

Block shape:

Triangles

Block size:

4.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Width between quilting lines:

3

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, partial on one side

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Twill weave

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Inscription, type:

Signature

Inscription, content:

Asenath Robinson

Inscription, front/back:

on back

Inscription, technique:

Ink

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

stained on back especially

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Half-Square Triangles

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

1850c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Historic Deerfield/Memorial Hall Museum