QUILT INDEX RECORD

11-37-7235

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:

5769

Alternate inventory control number:

NEQM# 2007.07

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:

79.25

Length:

85

Quiltmaker's state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Quiltmaker's city:

southeast

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

How did owner acquire quilt?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

donated by Gail Binney

Time period:

1876-1900

Do you know if any of the following exist (quiltmaker's diary or letters, patterns for quilt/quilting, photos of quiltmaker, quiltmaker's scrapbook or clippings, quiltmaker's patterns, awards, ribbons, pins, photo of quilt, other, existent?, if so, where)?

"Homage to Amanda" pg 60

Format:

Finished quilt

Fabric fibers:

Cotton

Patterns:

Solid/plain

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:

Clamshell

Quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8-Jul

Border; technique, fiber, weave, pattern:

Pieced, cotton, plain weave

Binding and edging:

Separate binding applied

Binding; fiber:

Cotton

Binding; weave:

Plain weave

Batting:

Cotton

Batting thickness:

Thin

Backing, number of pieces:

4

Backing, fiber:

Cotton

Backing, weave and pattern:

polished

Backing, predominant color:

Beige or Tan

Condition:

Very good/almost new

Condition, structurally sound?

This quilt is structurally sound.

Pattern name, no. and source:

3974

Pattern name, variations and comments:

Joseph's Coat

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

1880-1900

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

New England Quilt Museum