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12-8-96

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:

92.0018

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

7410.1

Object label:

Bursting Star with Garden Maze
Mary Elizabeth Beardlsee Durkee
Birmingham, Oakland County, Michigan
c.1870
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#7410.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Bursting Star with Garden Maze

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

LeMoyne Star, Star of Bethlehem

Quilt top made by:

Blakeslee, Martha

Quilted by:

Blakeslee, Martha

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Birmingham

Where the quilt was made, county:

Oakland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

c1870

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Birmingham

Quiltmaker's county:

Oakland

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Durkee

Quiltmaker's birth date:

8/8/1847

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

2/24/1923

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Durkee, John Franklin

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Welsh

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Durkee, Mary Elizabeth Beardslee

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Owner of Blakeslee Dry Goods, on Maple Road

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

69"

How long is the quilt?

90"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

4"

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

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Interview with quilter; Clippings or photocopies; Photos of quilter

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

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:

0/15/1992, Betty Quarton Hoard

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Who photographed this quilt?

KEVA

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Blakeslee, Marth. Bursting Star with Garden Maze. c1870. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-96. Accessed: 03/28/24

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