QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5519

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Swift River Valley Historical Society

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

3037

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Swift River Valley Historical Society

Quilt owner's city:

New Salem

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Franklin

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

73.5

Length:

84.5

Quilt top made by:

Crowl, Sarah Fowler

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1846

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

20 vertical rows, 23 horizontal rows, 460 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

3.5 to 3.75

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

late 1800s fabrics + later fabrics, shirting, plain weave

Antique colors:

Claret or Wine

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Tied or tufted

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton

Binding and edging:

Front turned to back

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

hand pieced

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

one piece

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

White

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1101

Pattern name, variations and comments:

4 Patch

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

1900c/ 1998

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Swift River Valley Historical Society