QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-2525
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
00.0578
Owner's name for the quilt:
Red Work
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Redwork
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?
Received as a gift
When was the quilt finished?
1890-1910
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
78"
How long is the quilt?
89"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
32
Number of borders:
2
Describe the borders:
inner red; outer white
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Elbow/fan
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Geraldine Roberson
Quilt owner's city:
Niles
Quilt owner's county:
Berrien
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Red work quilt was given to me by a friend of my daughters. Came from Missouri. It belonged to Dorothy Van Dellan. It was made by her mother about late 1800s.
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
Cite this Quilt
;. Red Work. 1890-1910. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-2525. Accessed: 03/29/24