QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-6503

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; Old Sturbridge Village

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

4597

Alternate inventory control number:

OSV# 26.23.181

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

Old Sturbridge Village

Quilt owner's city:

Sturbridge

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Worcester

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

83

Length:

91

Quilt top made by:

Fiske, Matilda (attrib.)

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

Sturbridge

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's D.O.B.:

1784

Birthplace, city:

Sturbridge

Birthplace, country:

United States

Date of death and location:

1880

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

in 1959

Time period:

1800-1849

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Shape of edge:

T-cutout

Describe the edge:

Four Poster, 8.5 drop

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

5 vertical rows, 5 horizontal rows

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

11.75

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:

Echo

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6

Width between quilting lines:

5/8"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

2 different calicoes

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Medium

Backing, number of pieces:

4

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

stained on back

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1527b

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Melon Patch

Details

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

1830c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Old Sturbridge Village