QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-2355

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan History Center Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0432

Owner's name for the quilt:

Honeycomb

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Hexagons

Brackman # or other source & #:

Crazy Quilt

When was the form filled out?

10/12/1984

Quilt top made by:

Young, Mary E.

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:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

1867

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Royce

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1857

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

57"

How long is the quilt?

83 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Sawtooth

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Tears or holes

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Hexagons

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Can you feel or see paper on the quilt that was used as a construction aid?

yes

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Art of Needle and Loom, Lansing, MI, 1984-85, Michigan Historical Museum

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan History Center, Michigan Historical Museum

Quilt owner's city:

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:

Mary E. Royce Young, mother of quilter Mrs. Leila Foerch (daughter)

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

The quilt was pieced by Mary E. Royce Young in 1867 when she was 10 years old.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum