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QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-6169

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:

4095

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

78.5

Length:

83.75

How did owner acquire quilt?

Inheritance

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

3 vertical rows, 2 horizontal rows, 6 & some partial blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

28

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Brown

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Width between quilting lines:

1.25"

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

on 2 sides

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

pink on top/brown on 3 sides, patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

5

Backing, weave and pattern:

coarse weave

Backing, predominant color:

Beige or Tan

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1270

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Kansas Troubles

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

1875c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)

Cite this Quilt

Kansas Troubles. 1850-1875. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-6169. Accessed: 03/29/24