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REGISTRY NUMBER 732
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  • How was the Quilt Acquired?:
    inherited
    Name of Maker:
    Avis Humphfrey Mason
    Maiden Name of Maker:
    Avis Humphfrey Mason
    Occupation:
    Farmer's wife
    Place Maker Lives/Lived:
    Cowansvile
    Place Made: (Known or Estimate):
    Known
    Pieced by (top):
    Avis Mason
    Quilted by:
    Avis Mason
    Year Made:
    1915-1920
    Year is (accuracy):
    Estimate
    Place Made:
    Cowansville
    Size in Inches:
    84.5" x 70.5"
    Size: Irregular?:
    No
    Pattern:
    9 Patch
    General Condition (Top):
    Like New
    Technique:
    Patchwork
    Hand or Machine Made:
    HandMachine
    Block Numbers (whole):
    35
    Size:
    9.5" x 9.5"
    Sashing Width(s):
    2.5
    Sashing Colours:
    burgundy
    Sashing Number:
    plain
    Border Number:
    11
    Border Width(s):
    6" top only
    Border Total Width (w/ Binding):
    plain
    Border Colour(s):
    burgundy
    Border Colour(s): Plain or Print:
    One Fabric
    Corners:
    Straight
    Fabric:
    100% Cotton
    Edging:
    HandMachineHomecut Straight Binding
    Edging Detail: Other?:
    good
    Batting:
    Cotton
    Batting Detail: Other?:
    light weight, white
    Quilting (hand):
    Irregular
    Quilting (machine):
    hand
    Stitches Per Inch & Thread Colour:
    6 sts/inch, white thread, perhaps group bee
    Tied:
    No
    Quilting Pattern (main block):
    overall diagonal lines
    Backing Condition:
    Good
    Backing Fabric:
    Other
    Number of Pieces:
    4 flour sacks, butter nut dyed
    Number of Pieces: One fabric or Different Fabrics?:
    One Fabric

Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institue for Studies in Canadian Art

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