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Signature Quilt; Triple Irish Chain

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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-1472

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Flushing Area Historical Museum Collection and Cultural Center

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

03.0142

Owner's name for the quilt:

Signature Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Triple Irish Chain

Name of the group that made the quilt:

The BQ Society Methodist, Episcopal, etc.

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1884

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

71 1/4"

How long is the quilt?

80"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Made by the BQ Society, Methodist, Epis., etc. 422 signatures (recorded on Flushing museum database)

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1884-5

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on block

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Size of quilt blocks:

14 half blocks and 2 quarter blocks

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

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?

Cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Flushing Area Historical Museum and Cultural Center

Quilt owner's city:

Flushing

Quilt owner's county:

Genesee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

;. Signature Quilt. 1884. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Flushing Area Historical Museum Collection and Cultural Center. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-1472. Accessed: 03/28/24