QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5636

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:

3240

Alternate inventory control number:

PVMA# 1954.14.2

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:

82

Length:

85.25

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

41 blocks

Block shape:

Diamonds

Block size:

8 x 8

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Brown

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

concentric rectangles

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Width between quilting lines:

1"

Binding and edging:

Back turned to front

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

4

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

White

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

yellowed

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

2649

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Capital T

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

1880c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association at Deerfield