QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

99.0241

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

1998:53.57

Object label:

Love Apple
Susannah Allen
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
c1850
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1998:53.57

Essay:

The name Miss Susannah Allen is cross stitched in silk thread with the letters about 1/4" high.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Love Apple

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Pomegranite

Brackman # or other source & #:

46.61

Quilt top made by:

Allen, Susannah

Quilted by:

Allen, Susannah

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Gettysburg

Where the quilt was made, county:

Adams

Where the quilt was made, state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

c1850

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Gettysburg

Quiltmaker's state:

Pennsylvania (PA)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

94"

How long is the quilt?

96"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Miss Susannah Allen

Method used to make the inscription:

Embroidery

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

25

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the borders:

Swag and bow border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

4

How is the binding made?

Back turned to front

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Whaley House Museum, Flint, MI

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?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

2/18/1998, Mary Vida Schafer

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum