bedspreads & coverlets
massachusetts quilts our common wealth
the massachusetts quilt documentation project massquilts is a volunteer organization that holds documentation days across the state to identify date and photograph pre 1950 quilts in private and museum collections . formally organized in 1994 to date 6000 quilts have been documented the original goal was 3000 . these quilts provide a window through which to view the history of the state telling stories of international trade and domestic manufacture economic booms and busts national politics and neighborly discourse . the project focuses on quilts that have a history of original use in massachusetts . br massachusetts quilts will present the groups findings . essays by experts will lend context to catalogue like entries on notable quilts . the quilts themselves will star in over 200 illustrations most of them rich in color . br