QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5030

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:

2243

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 2001.04

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:

89

Length:

89

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Ida Moore Gwin or Elizabeth Ann Landes

Quiltmaker's state:

Iowa (IA)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Birthplace, country:

United States

Date of death and location:

1935 in Iowa.

Quiltmaker's spouse:

Gwin, William L

Spouse's occupation:

farmer/railroad worker, came from Indiana in a covered wagon/

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

donated by Rosemary Sorrentino

Time period:

1930-1949

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, applique:

Hand Applique

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

36 blocks

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Feedsack

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Cream

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Describe the quilting designs used:

excellent heavy quilting/pencil lines

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Blanket or flannel

Describe the quilt filling:

flannel sheet

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

muslin

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, damage:

Stains

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

303

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Double Wedding Ring

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

See notes.

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

1930c

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

fabric from Lowell Mills

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum