QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4914

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:

2072

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

83

Length:

83.75

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Fox & Geese

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

antique show in Sheffield, MA in the 1970s

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

49 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

7.25

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Blue or Navy

Antique colors:

Indigo Blue

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Clamshell

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Width between quilting lines:

3/4"

Number of borders:

3

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, 2" wide each

Binding and edging:

Back turned to front

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

4+

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

White

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

shattering

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1316a

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Double X

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

1890

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)