QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-1271

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; China Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

96.0058

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

1996:86.1

Object label:

Chinese Quilt
Unknown maker
Badaling District, China
c1996
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1996:86.1

Essay:

Contemporary visitors to the Great Wall in the Badaling region outside of Beijing, China have the opportunity to purchase a great array of hand-crafted items including the "five poisonous creatures" - toad, snake, centipede, lizard, scorpion - locally believed to ward away evil spirits. This particular piece was purchase from a woman walking and carrying her wares on top of the wall.

From Great Lakes, Great Quilts.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Chinese Quilt

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Badaling District

Where the quilt was made, province:

outside Beijing

Where the quilt was made, country:

China

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

c1996

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

China

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

54"

How long is the quilt?

65"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

72

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

red

Describe the back:

Reversible

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Great Lakes, Great Quilts (2001) book, page 18.

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:

1996, Liz Schweitzer

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

Contemporary visitors to the Great Wall in the Badaling region outside of Beijing, China have the opportunity to purchase a great array of hand-crafted items including the "five poisonous creatures" - toad, snake, centipede, lizard, and scorpion - locally believed to ward away evil spirits. This particular piece was purchased from a woman carrying her wares on top of the wall.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Mary Whalen

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum