QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5061
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:
2271
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
82.5
Length:
87.25
How did owner acquire quilt?
Purchase
Time period:
Timespan
Format:
Finished quilt
Technique, piecing:
Hand Piecing
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
27 vertical rows, 189 blocks
Block shape:
Same block throughout
Block size:
6.5 x 3.25
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
plain weave
Predominant colors:
Green
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Single parallel lines
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
7-Jun
Width between quilting lines:
1.5"
Number of borders:
1
Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:
Cotton, print, plain weave
Binding and edging:
Front turned to back
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Binding; pattern:
amazingly small stitches, patterned fabric
Batting:
Cotton
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, predominant color:
Cream
Describe the back:
Different fabrics
Condition:
Very good/almost new
Condition, damage:
Fading
Describe the damage:
slight fading/ some shattering
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Flying Geese
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1975-1900
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Flying Geese. Timespan. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5061. Accessed: 04/24/24