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:

99.0869

Owner's name for the quilt:

Double Wedding Ring

Quilt top made by:

Herling, Anna Matilda

Quilted by:

Herling, Anna Matilda

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, city:

Salt Lake City

Where the quilt was made, county:

Salt Lake

Where the quilt was made, state:

Utah (UT)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

ca, 1930s

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Salt Lake City

Quiltmaker's state:

Utah (UT)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Lofquist

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1/15/1885

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

7/20/1966

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Swedish

Quiltmaker's educational background:

Grade school, High School

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Swedish Lutheran

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Homemaker/worked in family store

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Lofquist, Hans

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Lofquist, Anna Danielson

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

Swedish

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

owned a general store

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

58"

How long is the quilt?

76"

Shape of edge:

Scalloped

Overall color scheme:

Light or pastel colors

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Damage:

Distortion or shrinkage

Describe the damage:

Frayed

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

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 pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

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?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Thread type used for the quilting:

Crochet cotton

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

5

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Barbara J. Bennett

Quilt owner's city:

Escanaba

Quilt owner's county:

Delta

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Anna Lofquist to her sister Mary Lofquist Tribe to her daughter Marjorie June Tribe Griewe to her daughter June Griewe Bennett

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

The quiltmaker was an expert at crochet and tatting. This is the only quilt I have from her. I wish I knew more about any other quilts she might have made.

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