QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

4844

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

77

Length:

80

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Sister's Choice variation/ Brackman 1930

How did owner acquire quilt?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

at antique store in Palmer, MA Oct 2004

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

On point or rotated on 45 degrees

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

32+ blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

10

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:

Single parallel lines

Motif design, decorative:

Cables

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Width between quilting lines:

3/4"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

two pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Condition:

Good/moderate use

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

3230

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Friendship Block

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

1890s

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)