QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5223

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:

2575

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

69.5

Length:

85

Quilt top made by:

Hunt, Margaret Doyd

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1890c

Birthplace, city:

St Louis

Birthplace, state:

Missouri (MO)

Birthplace, country:

United States

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

given to husband by his mother/ quilt made by his grand-mother

Time period:

1930-1949

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Each flower has center (yellow); next ring solid; next ring print; outer ring white. Joined with diamond sash; fussy cut on print petals - captured flowers in center of hexagon

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

11 vertical rows, 11 horizontal rows

Block shape:

Hexagons

Block size:

7 x 7.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Echo

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

one piece

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

muslin

Backing, predominant color:

White

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

425.2

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Grandmother's Flower Garden

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

1935c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)