QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5552

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:

3104

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 1991.23

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:

89.25

Length:

88.25

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Streak of Lightning

Quiltmaker's state:

Maryland (MD)

Quiltmaker's city:

MD or PA

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Binney Family Collection/ 1991

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 36

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

Very early use of 45 degree diamonds.

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Describe the quilt setting:

Streak of Lightning setting

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

9 vertical rows, 12 horizontal rows, 108+ blocks

Block shape:

Diamonds

Block size:

7"

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Brown

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Echo

Describe the quilting designs used:

chevrons on 2 brown borders/ grid in white border & white triangles

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

11

Width between quilting lines:

1/2" in white area of lightning

Number of borders:

3

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, print, plain weave

Binding and edging:

Back turned to front

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Describe the quilt filling:

with debis

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

6

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

soiled on center fold lines/ stained from batting debris

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

4005

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Star of Bethlehem

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

1850c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum