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Appliqued Peonies; Tiger Lily variation

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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