QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-7106

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:

5561

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 2007.16

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:

71

Length:

79

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

donated by Shirley Weinberg/purchased in western NY

Time period:

1850-1875

Format:

Finished quilt

Technique, piecing:

Hand Piecing

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Vertical rows, horizontal rows and number of blocks:

36 full/18 half/4 quarter 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

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilting:

Hand quilting

Motif design, overall:

Grid/crosshatch

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Width between quilting lines:

.75"

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Binding; pattern:

reed/white print

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Medium

Backing, number of pieces:

5

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, predominant color:

White

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, damage:

Dirty

Describe the damage:

Damaged

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Ocean Waves

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

1870c

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum