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12-8-4215

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0545

Owner's name for the quilt:

Hour Glass

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Path Through the Woods, London Square, City Square

Brackman # or other source & #:

3164

When was the form filled out?

5/2/1985

Quilt top made by:

Shellhammer, Mary Maria

Quilted by:

Shellhammer, Mary Maria

Other people who worked on this quilt:

and her daughter

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

Union

Where the quilt was made, county:

Cass

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

Before1885

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Dibble

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

5/8/1885 of stomach cancer

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Baptist

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Dibble, Anson

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Dibble, Lydia Odell

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

German

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

farmer, soldier in Civil War

Number of children:

9

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

6

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

3

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

69"

How long is the quilt?

84"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

80

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

3" plain, solid white

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:

3

How is the binding made?

Bias grain

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

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Clamshell

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 12-November 1, 1987, Kresge Art Museum, MSU

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Michigan Quilts, fig. 32, p. 36

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Audiotape

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Grace Evelena Field

Quilt owner's city:

Union

Quilt owner's county:

Cass

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mary Maria "Polly" Dibble Shellhammer to her daughter Edna to Edna's daughter Grace Field

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Shellhammer, Mary Mari. Hour Glass. Before1885. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-4215. Accessed: 03/29/24

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