QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Essay:

Maple Leaves
1994
Beatriz Grayson
Winchester, Massachusetts
84"w x 84"h
Machine strip pieced; machine & hand appliqué; machine quilted
Cotton prints, Japanese hand dyed fabrics, Hoffman Bali prints, over-dyed Madras plaids (some from India)

The lightness and radiance in the colors of the maple trees in the Imperial Gardens of Kyoto, Japan, infused me with the desire to hold onto them forever.

Gift of Beatriz Grayson, 2000.04

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project - MassQuilts

Who documented this quilt?

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project, MassQuilts; New England Quilt Museum Collection

MASS-Quilts ID Number:

5396

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 2000.04

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library or Institution

Quilt owner:

New England Quilt Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Lowell

Quilt owner's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quilt owner's county:

Middlesex

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

85

Length:

85

Quilt's title:

Maple Leaves

Pattern name (maker/owner/historical):

Maple Leaves

Quilt top made by:

Grayson, Beatriz

Quiltmaker's state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Quiltmaker's city:

Winchester

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Winchester

Where the quilt was made, state:

Massachusetts (MA)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

1994

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, embellishments:

Embroidery

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

14 blocks

Block size:

3.75 to 10"

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Orange

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Machine quilting

Describe the quilting designs used:

maple leaves

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

stripe

Batting:

Cotton or polyester blend

Backing, number of pieces:

9 strips

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Red

Inscription, type:

Signature

Inscription, content:

Beatriz

Describe where the inscription was found:

on front

Inscription, technique:

Embroidery

Describe the method used to inscribe the quilt:

label on back

Condition:

Excellent/like new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Maple Leaves

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

1994

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum