QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5627

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association at Deerfield

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

3231

Alternate inventory control number:

PVMA# 89.21

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association at Deerfield

Quilt owner's city:

Deerfield

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Franklin

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

57.75

Length:

60.5

Quilt top made by:

Hill, Hannah Swan

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1821

Birthplace, city:

Old Swan Homestead, 159 Pleasant St. Arlington, MA

Birthplace, country:

United States

Marriage date:

October 28, 1841

Quiltmaker's spouse:

Hill, Charles

# of Children:

2

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, applique:

Hand Applique

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

4 blocks

Block shape:

Diamonds

Block size:

14.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Pink

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Single parallel lines

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Width between quilting lines:

1.5 - 2.25"

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, plain weave

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

2 bindings/same opposite each other: one red print; one plain red

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

13

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Red

Condition:

Fair/worn

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

binding in tatters

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

3773e

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Star of Bethlehem

Details

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

1850c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association at Deerfield