QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-6998

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:

5420

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Width:

73.5

Length:

75.5

Name of the group that made the quilt:

Salisbury family member

Quiltmaker's state:

Rhode Island (RI)

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

family says owner's husband's great-great-great grandmother made this quilt in the 1820s

Time period:

1876-1900

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

6 vertical rows, 6 horizontal rows, 36 blocks

Block shape:

Squares

Block size:

11

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Print

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

plain weave

Predominant colors:

Beige or Tan

Antique colors:

Indigo Blue

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Outline

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

6-May

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

patterned fabric

Batting:

Cotton

Backing, number of pieces:

three pieces

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

Brown

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Fading

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Describe the repairs:

1 repair on back

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

1339b

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Virginia Reel

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

1900c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Massachusetts Quilt Documentation Project (MassQuilts)