QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5579

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:

3150

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

84

Length:

98

Quilt top made by:

Bourgault, Marie

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

Winchendon

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Occupation:

homemakers

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Block shape:

Diamonds

Block size:

1.75

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Solid/plain

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Gold

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Echo

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Width between quilting lines:

1.75"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

gold

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

4

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

4005

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Lone Star

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

1880c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)