QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5041

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:

2251

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 1990.17

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:

73

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Center Diamond

Quiltmaker's state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Quiltmaker's county:

Lancaster

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Ethnic group:

Amish

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Binney Family Collection

Time period:

1901-1929

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 56

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Machine Piecing

Block shape:

Squares

Fabric fibers:

Wool

Patterns:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave/twill weave

Predominant colors:

Green

Antique colors:

Claret or Wine

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid/crosshatch

Motif design, decorative:

Feathering

Describe the quilting designs used:

see full record for quilting notes

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

12

Number of borders:

2

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Wool, plain weave

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Wool

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Blanket or flannel

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

cotton flannel; green with green & red line print

Inscription, type:

Initials

Inscription, content:

KK

Inscription, front/back:

on back

Describe where the inscription was found:

back corner

Inscription, technique:

Embroidery

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the damage:

marking lines on outer border still visible

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

Amish Quilt Patterns by Rachel T. Pellman, pg 18

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Diamond in a Square

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

1900c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum