QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-6485

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:

4565

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

76.5

Length:

93.5

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

at antique shop in Newton Highlands, 1990/box of finished blocks and border

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

5 vertical rows, 4 horizontal rows, 20 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

16.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Cream

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Motif design, decorative:

Feathering

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Width between quilting lines:

1 1/8"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

ice cream cone

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

muslin

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

3629

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Friendship Circle

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

1935c/2004

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)