QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5144
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:
2454
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
76
Length:
76
Time period:
1930-1949
Format:
Finished quilt
Technique, piecing:
Hand Piecing
Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:
curved pieces hand pieced & blocks sewn together by machine
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
10 vertical rows, 10 horizontal rows, 100 blocks
Block shape:
Squares
Block size:
7.25
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
damask, plain weave
Predominant colors:
Pink
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Describe the quilting designs used:
circles
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
10
Width between quilting lines:
3/4"
Number of borders:
1
Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:
Cotton, print, plain weave, 3 sides/ pieced 2.25" dogtooth
Binding and edging:
Separate binding applied
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Binding; pattern:
patterned fabric
Batting:
Cotton
Describe the quilt filling:
very thin
Backing, number of pieces:
three pieces
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, predominant color:
Cream
Pattern name, no. and source:
1517
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Snowball
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1935c
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Snowball. 1930-1949. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5144. Accessed: 04/18/24