QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4926

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Berkshire Museum

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

2075

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Berkshire Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Pittsfield

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Berkshire

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

76

Length:

75

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

inventory of 1992 in museum

Time period:

1901-1929

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

64 blocks

Block shape:

Triangles

Block size:

8.25 x 8.75

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

shirtings, plain weave

Predominant colors:

Gray

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Number of borders:

3

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, plain weave

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; pattern:

machine

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

4 pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

White

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

dark brown/black splattered stains on back

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1290

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Kings X variation

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

1900c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Berkshire Museum