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:

00.0222

Quilt's title:

Original Design Applique

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Red and Green Applique

Quilt top made by:

Gossett, Francis

Quilted by:

Gossett, Francis

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

Quilt owner

Where the quilt was made, county:

Belmont

Where the quilt was made, state:

Ohio (OH)

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt finished?

1847?

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Belmont

Quiltmaker's state:

Ohio (OH)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Tolbert

Quiltmaker's birth date:

early 1800s

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

77"

How long is the quilt?

77"

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

9

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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:

4

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:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

L. Patrica Riedel

Quilt owner's city:

Grand Rapids

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Was made by owners grandfather's step father's mother - Francis was mother of William (Bill) and John Gossett. It was left to Bessie Rosemond Wilkins Gossett the mother of Max Wilkins.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum