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:

00.0301

Owner's name for the quilt:

Garden of Eden

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Economy

Brackman # or other source & #:

1873

When was the form filled out?

4/28/1999

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?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

ca. 1870

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Brown

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

56 pieced, 42 alternate plain

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

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

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

11

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

browns, madders, shirtings

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Mrs. Edward Atwood

Quilt owner's city:

Benton Harbor

Quilt owner's county:

Berrien

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Belonged to Grandmother, died 1979. Original settlers of Mystic River, CT. Never washed.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum