QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5152

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:

2463

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

77

Length:

86

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

purchased at Blacksmith Mall, Ogunquit, ME, June 2001

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Sashing width:

lattice strips double pink 2.5" wide

Shape of edge:

T-cutout

Describe the edge:

Four Poster, 16 x 54

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

6 vertical rows, 6 horizontal rows, 62 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

7.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Brown

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

In-the-ditch

Describe the quilting designs used:

tea cup in sashing

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Pieced, cotton, plain weave, print

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

patterned fabric, mitered corners

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

muslin

Condition:

Fair/worn

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

This quilt is not structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1316a LAC #77

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Double X #2

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

1870c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)