QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-5747

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:

3434

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

68.5

Length:

75

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Wagon Wheel & Star

Quilt top made by:

Rogers, Adele

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Maker was owner's grandmother

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

Canada & Northampton

Quiltmaker's country:

Canada

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1862

Birthplace, city:

Berkshire

Birthplace, state:

Vermont (VT)

Birthplace, country:

United States

Occupation:

mother

Date of death and location:

1944 in Northampton, MA.

Ethnic group:

French

Quiltmaker's spouse:

Rogers, Peter

Spouse's occupation:

plumber

# of Children:

9

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Grenier, Priscilla Larivee

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Grenier, Louis

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Time period:

1930-1949

Note:

equilateral triangles form Stars

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

8 vertical rows, 8 horizontal rows

Block shape:

Hexagons

Block size:

6.5x8

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Blue or Navy

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, decorative:

Floral

Describe the quilting designs used:

corner to corner of hexagonal

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6-May

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton, plain weave, 8"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

241.9

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Wagon Wheel

Details

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

1940c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)