QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5343

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Peabody Essex Museum

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

2750

Alternate inventory control number:

PEM# 133897

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Peabody Essex Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Salem

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Essex

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

112.5

Length:

102.5

Name of the group that made the quilt:

church members

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

Boston

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Details about why the quilt was made:

Made for Deacon & Mrs Samuel Tenny in 1845

Time period:

1800-1849

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Quilt-as-you-go'/ English paper pieced

Describe the quilt setting:

set in a diamond

Shape of edge:

T-cutout

Describe the edge:

Four Poster, 26 x 26

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

7 vertical rows, 10 horizontal rows, 104 blocks

Block shape:

Diamonds

Block size:

7x7

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Cream

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Echo

Describe the quilting designs used:

Quilt-as-you-go

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

Trenton Tape?, stripe, each block bound with twill tape

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Medium

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

Quilt-as-you-go

Inscription, type:

Signature

Inscription, content:

Names to be recorded

Describe where the inscription was found:

on front

Inscription, technique:

Ink

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1609

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Honeycomb Patch

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

1840c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Peabody Essex Museum