QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-547

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; IXL Historical Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

99.0021

Owner's name for the quilt:

Dresden Plate

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Wheel varaition

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

c1930

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

67"

How long is the quilt?

90"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

6?

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

4 1/4"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

4 3/8" plain, solid blue

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

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:

1

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?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

On display, Museum, IXL Historical Museum, Hermansville, MI

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

IXL Historical Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Hermansville

Quilt owner's county:

Menominee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Quilt was found in the attics of the Wisconsin Land & Lumber Company (hardwood flooring manufacturing firm, founded 1878) when the building was donated for a museum in 1982. The original building owner and company founder, C.J.L. Meyer also founded the town of Hermansville; his daughter married a Dr. Earle. When the original Earle family home was torn down in 1943, some of the house's contents were stored in the attics of the factory office. Present local descendents of the family do not know anything about these quilts.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum