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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-2458

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:

85.0438

Owner's name for the quilt:

Pomegranites

When was the form filled out?

11/2/1984

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt started?

1827

When was the quilt finished?

1832

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Elizah Raynor

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1827-1832

Method used to make the inscription:

In the quilting

Describe the quilt's layout:

Wholecloth

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Linen

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

French Knots

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

3

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?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

9

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Pyramids of balls, twining branches, leaves and pomegranites or pineapples and flowers, in corners roses in cornucopias, paired leafing branches circle, pomegranite or pineapples and a central motif (star shaped) of branches

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)

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mrs. Elizabeth Heileman

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

;. Pomegranites. 1832. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan History Center Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-2458. Accessed: 03/28/24