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:

02.0410

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

2002:71.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Sicilian whole cloth

Quilt top made by:

Valenti, Rosaria

Quilted by:

Valenti, Rosaria

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Sicily

Where the quilt was made, country:

Italy

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1929

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Sicily

Quiltmaker's country:

Italy

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Quartana

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

97 1/4"

How long is the quilt?

101"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Yellow

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

What is inscribed on the quilt?

RQV

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1929

Method used to make the inscription:

In the quilting

Describe the quilt's layout:

Wholecloth

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Cording

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

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:

6

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:

2002, Sheryl Hogan

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

Donor grandmother, Rosaria Quartana Valenti brought this quilt to Detroit in June of 1929. She passed away in June of 1930. It was made in Sicily, used as bedding. Later stored in a barn and commercially cleaned in 1998.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum