QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5124

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:

2413

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

108

Length:

99.5

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

from mother who purchased it in Pittsburgh, PA

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Shape of edge:

T-cutout

Describe the edge:

Four Poster, 21.5

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

66 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

11

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Cream

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Width between quilting lines:

3/4"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

same print as used in blocks

Batting:

Wool

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1517

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Snowball

Details

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

1900c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)