QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5222

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:

2566

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

80

Length:

88

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Sturbridge,MA antique dealer

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand 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:

11

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Blue or Navy

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, decorative:

Fans

Describe the quilting designs used:

Baptist fan

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6-May

Width between quilting lines:

1.5"

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, print, shirting/ white-blue stripe, plain weave, on sides only/ 3" wide

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

by machine, like sashing

Describe the quilt filling:

cotton inset for batting

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

muslin

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

bleach damage on front; slight soiling; fugitive brown

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1316a

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Double X

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

1875c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)