QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5638

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:

3244

Alternate inventory control number:

PVMA# 87.27.509

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:

89

Length:

88

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Sawtooth Album Quilt/ signature

Name of the group that made the quilt:

group from Deerfield,Greenfield,Colrain & Shelburne

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

made for S. Maria Smead, Greenfield; 1839-1892/ married Henry W. Wood Nov. 16, 1859

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Block shape:

Diamonds

Block size:

9.25

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Beige or Tan

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Describe the quilting designs used:

pencil lines still visible

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Number of borders:

2

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton

Binding and edging:

Prairie Points

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

8+

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

White

Inscription, type:

Signature

Inscription, content:

see attached

Inscription, technique:

Ink

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Condition, damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

yellowed

Describe the repairs:

iron mordant rot has been covered with conservation crepoline

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1362

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Lost Ship

Details

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

1857

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association at Deerfield