QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5119

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:

2402

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

81

Length:

82.5

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Signature

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

grandmother's quilt/ now on fourth generation

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 vertical rows, 5 horizontal rows, 41 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

9.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Beige or Tan

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

In-the-ditch

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, 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:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Beige or Tan

Inscription, type:

Signature

Inscription, content:

signature center each block; grandmother and great grandmother both signed blocks

Inscription, front/back:

on block

Inscription, technique:

Ink

Condition:

Poor/very worn

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

This quilt is not structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

2880

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Old Italian

Details

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

1875

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)