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:

03.0145

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

2003:55.1

Object label:

Delectable Mountains
Susannah Harrison
York Mills, Ontario, Canada
c1880
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#2003:55.1

Essay:

Susannah Brooks Harrison was born on January 30, 1828 and died on March 14, 1898. She married William Ashford Harrison on December 20, 1848. She had seven children: Mary (ca.1849-1893), George (1851-1853), Caroline (1854-1859), Sarah (1856-1923), Elizabeth (1858-1864), Edith (ca. 1862-1937), and Clara (1866-1950).

Family quilting lore tells of Harrison’s sister-in-law visiting to help quilt. However, Harrison apparently did not find her sister-in-law’s workmanship up to her standards. After her sister-in-law would leave, Harrison would rip her relative’s stitches out
of the quilt.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Delectable Mountains

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Sawtooth, Red and White Quilt, Sawtooth Diamond

Brackman # or other source & #:

3985

Quilt top made by:

Harrison, Susannah Brooks

Quilted by:

Harrison, Susannah Brooks

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Yorks Mills

Where the quilt was made, province:

Ontario

Where the quilt was made, country:

Canada

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

c. 1880

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Yorks Mills

Quiltmaker's province:

Ontario

Quiltmaker's country:

Canada

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Brooks

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/30/1828

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

3/14/1898

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

English Irish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

don't know

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Protestant probably Methodist

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Brooks, Edward

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Brooks, Mary Brock

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

12/20/1848

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Harrison, William Asford

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

farmer

Number of children:

7

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

6

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

1

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

83 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Number of quilt blocks:

17

Size of quilt blocks:

center block is 12" x 12", the triangles grow larger with each addition to the square in a square set.

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

5" white on top and bottom only

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

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:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

4

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Commercial/Published source: Magazine

Commercial name of the pattern for the top:

It was called Red and White Quilt in Hearth and Home which began publishing patterns in 1885

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Photos of quilter

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:

She was cleaning out the family estate of her mother, S. Lois Lockhart, Oscoda, Michigan, and found this quilt. 11/25/2003, Kathy L. Davis and Gerald B. Lockart, donor

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

Family history states that her (Suzanne Brooks Harrison) sister-in-law would come over to help quilt and she would rip out the stitches when she left.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum