QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5325
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:
2724
Alternate inventory control number:
NEQM# 1988.06
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:
76
Length:
93
Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):
Appliqued Peonies
Quilt top made by:
Larkin, Abigail Bently
Quiltmaker's state:
New York (NY)
Quiltmaker's city:
NY & Rolland
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:
1811
Birthplace, city:
Sand Lake
Birthplace, country:
United States
Date of death and location:
1898 in Tolland, MA.
# of Children:
4
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Bentley, Noah
Anything else known about the quiltmaker (including where quiltmaker lived most of their life and other quilts made)?
one of 16 children.
How did owner acquire quilt?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
from Elsie Belle Simmons, great-grand-daughter of quiltmaker/ family tree attached to full record
Time period:
1850-1875
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 41
Format:
Finished quilt
Technique, applique:
Hand Applique
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Sashing width:
corners/criss-cross leaf
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
4 vertical rows, 3 horizontal rows
Block shape:
Squares
Block size:
14.5
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Solid/plain
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
plain weave
Predominant colors:
Cream
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Outline
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
9
Width between quilting lines:
1/2"
Number of borders:
2
Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:
Cotton, plain weave
Binding and edging:
Front turned to back
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Batting:
Cotton
Batting thickness:
Thin
Backing, number of pieces:
three pieces
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, predominant color:
Cream
Condition:
Very good/almost new
Condition, damage:
Stains
Describe the damage:
stained on back/ front has very few small age stains
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, no. and source:
29.87
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Tiger Lily variation
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1870c
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
New England Quilt Museum
Cite this Quilt
Larkin, Abigail Bentl. Appliqued Peonies. 1850-1875. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; New England Quilt Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5325. Accessed: 03/28/24