QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-6569

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:

4705

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

95

Length:

95

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

at Rising Star in Arlington, MA in 1991

Time period:

Timespan

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Block shape:

Diamonds

Block size:

1.5

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Cream

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

In-the-ditch

Motif design, decorative:

Cables

Describe the quilting designs used:

diagonal lines

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Width between quilting lines:

1"

Number of borders:

1

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

10"/off-white

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

by machine & hand finished

Batting:

Cotton

Describe the quilt filling:

with debis

Backing, number of pieces:

one piece

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

muslin

Backing, predominant color:

Cream

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Stains

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

4005

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Rising Star

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

1860c/1997

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)