QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5252

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; New England Quilt Museum Collection

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

2613

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 1988.14

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

New England Quilt Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Lowell

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Middlesex

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

64

Length:

80

Quilt top made by:

Richter, Katherine Willard

Time period:

1930-1949

Do you know if any of the following exist (quiltmaker's diary or letters, patterns for quilt/quilting, photos of quiltmaker, quiltmaker's scrapbook or clippings, quiltmaker's patterns, awards, ribbons, pins, photo of quilt, other, existent?, if so, where)?

Gilbert pg 52

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, embellishments:

Embroidery

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

8 vertical rows, 6 horizontal rows, 48 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

8.5

Medallion size:

inner blocks plain

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Black

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Describe the quilting designs used:

parallel lines in border

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Width between quilting lines:

3/4" grid

Number of borders:

2

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, plain weave; outer blocks appliqued

Binding and edging:

Back turned to front

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

by machine

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

peach

Inscription, type:

Initials

Inscription, content:

KWR 1938

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1938

Inscription, technique:

Ink

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

faded along binding edges and center fold; soil spots

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Water Lily

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

1938

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum