QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-4954

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:

2133

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

73

Length:

76

Quilt top made by:

Arms, Mary Elizabeth

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1844

Birthplace, state:

Wisconsin (WI)

Birthplace, country:

United States

Date of death and location:

1928

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

5 + 4 half blocks; 4 quarter blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

16

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Cream

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid diamond

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Width between quilting lines:

1 iinch between sets of quilting

Number of borders:

3

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, plain weave, shirting, triple strips all in same direction

Binding and edging:

Back turned to front

Binding; pattern:

machine

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

4 pieces

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Fair/worn

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

This quilt is not structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1815b

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Bachelor's Puzzle

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

1900c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)