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:
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
Details
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