QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-5230

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

08.0052

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

2008:121.9

Object label:

Cholistan Appliqué and Patchwork
Maker unknown
Cholistan, Punjab, Pakistan
1990
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#2008:121.9

Essay:

This combination ralli has the characteristic small Cholistan appliqué squares. There is a great deal of visual movement in this pattern with the illusion that the blocks are set on angle which is not true. Color is added to the white appliqué shapes by putting small pieces of colored fabric under the cutouts of the appliqué. This technique is used in both the appliqué blocks and in the borders. The stitching is done in various colors of thread. The rubbing of the red color onto the white fabric is very common in rallis. The red dyes available to the village women are not of high quality and can become fugitive with just a little moisture. The back is a commercially printed fabric that is used as a woman’s head shawl particularly in the farming communities.

Quilt's title:

Cholistan Appliqué and Patchwork

When was the form filled out?

4/22/08

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Cholistan, Punjab

Where the quilt was made, country:

Pakistan

Time period:

1976-1999

Details about why the quilt was made:

The applique rallis are made for everyday use and are also made in complex designs for marriage gifts and for other special occasions.

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

84"

How long is the quilt?

52"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Other

Describe the corners:

Turned in

What color is the quilt?

Black; Blue; Gold; Green; Red; White

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the damage:

Few small holes completely through quilt; areas of red fabric bleeding into white.

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Ink writing on back corner

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

153

Size of quilt blocks:

varies 4" to 4 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

4

Describe the borders:

1 3/8" plain, 3 3/8" applique; 1 5/8" applique; 1 1/2" applique

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Red, green, blue, white, black, gold

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Describe the techniques used to make the quilt top:

cotton

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

16

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

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:

3

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

5

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

This combination ralli has the characteristic small Cholistan appliqué squares. There is a great deal of visual movement in this pattern with the illusion that the blocks are set on angle which is not true. Color is added to the white appliqué shapes by putting small pieces of colored fabric under the cutouts of the appliqué. This technique is used in both the appliqué blocks and in the borders. The stitching is done in various colors of thread. The rubbing of the red color onto the white fabric is very common in rallis. The red dyes available to the village women are not of high quality and can become fugitive with just a little moisture. The back is a commercially printed fabric that is used as a woman’s head shawl particularly in the farming communities. Applique blocks alternating with series of 3 pieced blocks

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

Ralli Quilts: Traditional textiles from pakistan and India by patricia Ormsby Stoddard, Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2003

Person filling out this form is:

Author/researcher

Source of the information on this quilt:

Tricia Stoddard

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt owner's country:

Albania

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Tricia Stoddard, author and researcher, 4/18/2008

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

MSU Board of Trustees