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