QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4949

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; New England Quilt Museum Collection

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

2128

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 1987.03

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

New England Quilt Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Lowell

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Middlesex

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

73

Length:

76

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

MA ?

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Binney Family Collection

Time period:

1876-1900

Do you know if any of the following exist (quiltmaker's diary or letters, patterns for quilt/quilting, photos of quiltmaker, quiltmaker's scrapbook or clippings, quiltmaker's patterns, awards, ribbons, pins, photo of quilt, other, existent?, if so, where)?

Gilbert pg 4

Format:

Finished quilt

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

3 vertical rows, 3 horizontal rows, 9 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

21 x 22

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

White

Antique colors:

Indigo Blue

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Echo

Describe the quilting designs used:

radiates from compass

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Width between quilting lines:

1"

Number of borders:

2

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Pieced, cotton, plain weave, dogtooth

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Inscription, technique:

Attached label

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

museum label

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Condition, damage:

Fading

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

3404

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Mariner's Compass

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

1875-1900

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum