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11-37-5945

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:

3764

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

60

Length:

79

Quilt top made by:

Meade, Etta [owner]

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1917

Birthplace, city:

Lewiston

Birthplace, state:

Maine (ME)

Birthplace, country:

United States

Spouse's occupation:

manager

# of Children:

4

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

LeClair, Alma

Quiltmaker's mother's birthplace and birthdate:

ME

Quiltmaker's Mother's Ethnic/Racial Group:

French/Irish

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Boucher, Alfred

Quiltmaker's Father's Ethnic/Racial Group:

French

Anything else known about the quiltmaker (including where quiltmaker lived most of their life and other quilts made)?

owner sewed blocks together in 2000

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

found in home in Auburn, ME in 1990

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Sashing width:

3"

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

4 vertical rows, 6 horizontal rows, 20 full/4 partial blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

9.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Blue or Navy

Quilting:

Tied or tufted

Number of borders:

2

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Cotton

Binding and edging:

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

Batting:

Polyester

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

grain bags with printing/also some blocks

Backing, predominant color:

White

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

9 Patch

Details

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

1890c-2000

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)

Cite this Quilt

Meade, Etta [owner. 9 Patch. Timespan. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-5945. Accessed: 03/29/24