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11-37-6487

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:

4568

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

72

Length:

72.5

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

for $189 at Littleton, MA antique store on 11/28/2000

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

18 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

10.5

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:

Grid square

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Width between quilting lines:

1"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?

1/2"

Binding; pattern:

H & M, patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Describe the quilt filling:

with debis

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

muslin

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

pg 172

Pattern name, variations and comments:

25 Patch & Streak of Lightning

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

1875c; Blocks date from 1860/ Sashing Eli & Walker 1875 repro/ backing second/third quarter 19th c.

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

half inch - one inch

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)

Cite this Quilt

25 Patch & Streak of Lightning. Timespan. From Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts, Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=11-37-6487. Accessed: 03/29/24