QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4939

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Granby Historical Association

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

2118

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Granby Historical Association

Quilt owner's city:

Granby

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Hampshire

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

69.5

Length:

70.5

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Ducks and Ducklings

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

Granby

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1912

Birthplace, city:

Southampton

Birthplace, country:

United States

Occupation:

farming

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Time period:

1930-1949

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Machine Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

5 vertical rows, 5 horizontal rows, 25 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

10.75

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilting:

Tied or tufted

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton

Binding and edging:

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

Binding; pattern:

with top stitch by machine

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thick

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

same pattern as front; multi colored backing

Describe the back:

Reversible

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1859b

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Fox and Geese

Details

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

1925-1950

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Granby Historical Association