QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

08.0057

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

2008:121.14

Object label:

Brown Embroidered Ralli
Maker unknown
Lower Sindh, Pakistan
1990
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#2008:121.14

Essay:

Very fine stitching and harmonious colors are evident on this ralli. The embroidery stitching goes through all the layers of fabric and are also the quilting stitches. The back is off white. (This quilt could be either Saami or Jogi, probably Jogi as brown is one of their preferred colors.)

Quilt's title:

Brown Embroidered Ralli

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:

Lower Sindh

Where the quilt was made, country:

Pakistan

Time period:

1976-1999

Why was the quilt made?

Other

Details about why the quilt was made:

The embroidered rallis are made by a few cultural communities and are a specialty of some nomadic groups.

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

81 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

56 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the edge:

Turned in

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Brown

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

One patch or allover

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

Cream

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

~18

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:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Embroidery in parallel lines, medallion style through al layers of fabric. Many types of decorative stitches.

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

Very fine stitching and harmonious colors are evident on this ralli. The embroidery stitching goes through all the layers of fabric and are also the quilting stitches. The back is off white. (This quilt could be either Saami or Jogi, probably Jogi as brown is one of their preferred colors.)

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:

United States

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