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:

03.0101

Owner's name for the quilt:

Pumpkin Blossom

Quilt top made by:

Brown, Mary Frances

Quilted by:

Musgrove, Anthony Wayne

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Lebanon

Where the quilt was made, county:

Warren

Where the quilt was made, state:

Ohio (OH)

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt finished?

c1840

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Lebanon

Quiltmaker's state:

Ohio (OH)

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

Itinerant preacher, graduate of Ohio University

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

81 3/4"

How long is the quilt?

85 1/4"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

16

Size of quilt blocks:

12" x 12"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

Vine and buds Applique 7 5/8"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Hand-dyed

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Quilt Fair/Guild Show

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Donna J. Couch Coon

Quilt owner's city:

Gaylord

Quilt owner's county:

Otsego

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

1970s, Naurine A. (Harrington) Coon, mother-in-law

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

The following note was attached to this quilt when if found in a trunk. The trunk was found in a basement that had flooded! History of "Pumpkin Blossom' Antique Quilt Age of Quilt 127 Years About the year 1840 in the town of Lebanon, Ohio, Miss Mary Frances Brown made this quilt and was assisted by her sweetheart Anthony Wayne Musgrove. He did some of the sewing and a great deal of the quilting and dyeing some of the cloth. He was a student of the Normal School. Mr. Musgrove lost the sight of his eyes at the age of five years, yet could do so many things well; he graduated from the Ohio University as a minister at the age of 30 and married Miss Mary Brown who had been a school teacher and assisted her sweetheart in his studies while he was a student. After their marriage they went to Addison (now named Christiansburg) Ohio. Rev. Musgrove was an iterant preacher and traveled with horse and buggy, with a boy to do driving all through Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana, that was called circuit riding, often had to ford streams to get to chapels, and sometimes where there was no chuch, he would hold services in the house or field, preaching every day of the week. Salary $100 a year and provisions donated. When their son Charles (my first husband) was born Rev. Musgrove made a quilt complete, even to dyeing the cloth, while he stayed at home during the illness of his wife. Regret I have not that quilt now. Respectfully submitted by Mrs. Willis Bee Smith 1006 Carmel Ave. Detroit, Mich. For sale $100 One Hundred dollars note: When the quilt was 127 years old Mrs. Alfred Coon re-typed the above message onto new paper. Both pieces of paper survived the flood but are difficult to read. This typing was done October, 2001.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum