QUILT INDEX RECORD
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:
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