QUILT INDEX RECORD
11-37-5658
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:
3293
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Width:
83.5
Length:
86
Quilt top made by:
Woodbury, Caroline Willard Parker
Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:
1823
Birthplace, city:
Cohasset
Birthplace, state:
Massachusetts (MA)
Birthplace, country:
United States
Date of death and location:
1883 in Salem, NH.
# of Children:
1
How did owner acquire quilt?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
from grandmother
Time period:
1876-1900
Format:
Finished quilt
Technique, piecing:
Hand Piecing
Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:
738/2607 blocks
Block shape:
Diamonds
Block size:
3 x 3.5
Predominant colors:
Black
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilting:
Hand quilting
Motif design, overall:
Outline
Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
8-Jul
Binding and edging:
Separate binding applied
Batting:
Wool
Backing, number of pieces:
three pieces
Backing, fiber:
Cotton
Pattern name, no. and source:
281a
Pattern name, variations and comments:
Box Quilt
Details
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
1876c
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)
Cite this Quilt
Woodbury, Caroline Willard Parke. Box Quilt. 1876-1900. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5658. Accessed: 03/28/24