QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

AIQP 94.0029

Owner's name for the quilt:

Clamshell

Quilt top made by:

Carlton, Cecil

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

Made the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

c1930

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Phoenix

Quiltmaker's county:

Maricopa

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Adkins

Quiltmaker's birth date:

5/28/1915

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Chickahominy and Pamunky

Quiltmaker's educational background:

completed high school

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Baptist

Quiltmaker's occupation:

display and stocking Sears (1961-1984)

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Adkins, Benjamin

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Chickahominy

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Adkins, Savannah Bradley

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Pamunky

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

#1, Detention officer; #2 farm laborer

Number of children:

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

From Relative

When did the quiltmaker learn to quilt?

Age 11-19

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

5-20 quilts

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

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

family groups

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

How wide is the quilt?

77"

How long is the quilt?

91"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Cecil Adkins Carlton

Quilt owner's city:

Phoenix

Quilt owner's county:

Maricopa

Quilt owner's state:

Arizona (AZ)

How was this quilt acquired?

Made by owner

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt top

Who photographed this quilt?

Bill McLemore

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum