QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4952

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:

2129

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 1987.05

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:

72

Length:

91

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Maine Floral Applique

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

purchased with funds provided by Bristol Burlington Terryville Quilters Club

Time period:

1850-1875

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 42

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, applique:

Hand Applique

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

3 vertical rows, 4 horizontal rows, 18 + 10 half; 10 quarter blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

10.75

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Cream

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid diamond

Motif design, decorative:

Feathering

Describe the quilting designs used:

leaves

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Appliqued, cotton, plain weave, bud and leaf Brackman 31.73 p96, 5.5" straight applied

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

bud and leaf 31.73 p96 Brackman

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

8 pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

sacking

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

37.234

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Companion

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

1850c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum