QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5572
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts
Who documented this quilt?
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts
MASS-Quilts ID Number:
3139
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
71
Length:
84
Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):
Carolina Lily
How did owner acquire quilt?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
purchased at a quilt show
Time period:
Timespan
Format:
Finished quilt
Technique, piecing:
Hand Piecing
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
3 vertical rows, 2 horizontal rows, 6 blocks
Block shape:
Squares
Block size:
25
Fabric fibers:
Cotton
Patterns:
Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:
plain weave
Predominant colors:
Green
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Grid/crosshatch
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
44
Width between quilting lines:
7.5"
Binding and edging:
Front turned to back
Binding; fiber:
Cotton
Binding; weave:
Plain weave
Binding; pattern:
patterned fabric
Batting:
Cotton
Backing, number of pieces:
4
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Backing, predominant color:
White
Condition:
Good/moderate use
Condition, damage:
Dirty
Describe the damage:
Damaged
Condition, structurally sound?
This quilt is structurally sound.
Pattern name, no. and source:
773.1
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Bed of Peonies
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1850c/1900c
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Carolina Lily. Timespan. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5572. Accessed: 04/24/24