QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4932

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:

2105

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

71.25

Length:

72

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Sunshine & Shadow

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

at an antique shop (Knotty Pine) I West Swansea, NH

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

9 vertical rows, 9 horizontal rows, 81 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

7.5 - 8

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Brown

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Machine quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Describe the quilting designs used:

done in 1988

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

added in 1988, patterned fabric

Batting:

Polyester

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Beige or Tan

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Log Cabin

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

1890c 1988

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)