QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5142

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:

2451

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

84

Length:

84

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Barn Raising

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

from antique dealer in NH/ from a house in MO

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Machine Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

6 vertical rows, 6 horizontal rows, 36 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

12

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

shirtings/ decorator fabrics/plain weave/pile weave

Predominant colors:

Blue or Navy

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6-May

Number of borders:

3

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

back to front on 1 side, plaid

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

4 pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

decorator; off-white blue/green floral

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

2573

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Log Cabin

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

1890c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)