QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5239

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:

2589

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

66

Length:

69.5

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Grandmother's Garden

Anything else known about the quiltmaker (including where quiltmaker lived most of their life and other quilts made)?

quilted mid-20th c.

Documented or inferred?

Top made 1880c; quilted mid-20th c.

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

yes

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

English paper pieced/ many pieces remain

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

26 vertical rows, 14 horizontal rows, 364+ blocks

Block shape:

Hexagons

Block size:

2.5 - 2.25

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain surrounding motifs, plain weave

Quilting:

Machine quilting

Motif design, decorative:

Floral

Describe the quilting designs used:

Quilted mid-20th c. by industrial machine.

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, weave and pattern:

muslin

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the damage:

some damage

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

160n

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Honeycomb

Details

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

1880c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)