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:

85.0039

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

5987.2

Object label:

Poinsettia Variation
Mary Ann Beatty
Richmond, Michigan
c1890
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#5987.2

Owner's name for the quilt:

Poinsettia Variation

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Poinsettia applique

Quilt top made by:

Beatty, Mary Ann Carolan

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1850-1875

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Carolan

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1854 or 55

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1953 or 54

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Catholic

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Innkeeper in Canada and Richmond

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Irish

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Irish

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Beatty, James

Number of children:

6

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

Why does the quiltmaker quilt?

Gifts

Other notes on how the quiltmaker learned, and how and why they quilt:

She gave quilts to grandchildren for wedding gifts.

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Church quilter's group, St. Catherine's

Where does/did the group meet?

Algonac

This is a:

Finished quilt

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

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

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum