QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5115

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:

2396

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

87

Length:

87.5

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

from mother

Source of pattern:

Original to maker

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

many! blocks

Block shape:

Triangles

Block size:

4

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

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:

8 3/4" x 9"

Number of borders:

2

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, print, plain weave

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

4 pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

brown/ off-white/ one black/white patch to fill one area

Backing, predominant color:

Brown

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Condition, damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Crazy Patchwork

Details

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

1890c

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

original patch designs not documented as actual pattern name

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)