QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-90

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

92.0006

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

7407.1

Object label:

Lone Star
Maker unknown
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
c1910
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#7407.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Lone Star

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Chambersburg

Where the quilt was made, county:

Franklin

Where the quilt was made, state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

c1915

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

78"

How long is the quilt?

81"

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Fading

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Describe the borders:

2 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

16

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

18

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum volunteer

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

8-1992, Richard Barr

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Richard Barr purchased it from Shelly Zegart.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum