QUILT INDEX RECORD
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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Shellhammer, Mary Maria (Polly) Dibble Quiltmaker
Michigan Quilt Project