QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-4861
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:
1983
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
78.5
Length:
92
Quilt top made by:
Mosher, Sara
Name of the group that made the quilt:
(see #1983) ?
Quiltmaker's state:
Massachusetts (MA)
Quiltmaker's city:
Easthampton / moved to in 1900
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
Date of death and location:
1918
Anything else known about the quiltmaker (including where quiltmaker lived most of their life and other quilts made)?
many different 19th c fabrics
How did owner acquire quilt?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
from mother [niece of maker]/See notes
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:
12 vertical rows, 10 horizontal rows, 120 blocks
Block shape:
Triangles
Block size:
7.5
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
plain weave
Predominant colors:
Green
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Grid/crosshatch
Describe the quilting designs used:
chevron
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8-Jul
Width between quilting lines:
1
Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:
Cotton, print, plain weave, same as border strip, 4/ 2 green print & 2 white
Binding and edging:
Separate binding applied
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Binding; pattern:
green print
Batting:
Cotton
Backing, number of pieces:
6
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, predominant color:
Cream
Condition:
Very good/almost new
Condition, damage:
Stains
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, no. and source:
3167/ similar to
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Sawtooth
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1880c; many different 19th c fabrics
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Mosher, Sar. Sawtooth. 1876-1900. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-4861. Accessed: 04/26/24