QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-6177
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; The Henry Ford Collection
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
13.0141
If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:
2012.122.6
Owner's name for the quilt:
Mennonite Four Patch Quilt
Brackman # or other source & #:
1101
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?
Purchased the quilt
Where the quilt was made, county:
Lebanon County
Where the quilt was made, state:
Pennsylvania (PA)
Where the quilt was made, country:
United States
Time period:
1850-1875
When was the quilt finished?
ca. 1870
Date estimated by an antique dealer, quilt historian or appraiser:
ca. 1870
Quilt is presently used as:
Museum collection
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
92 in
How long is the quilt?
94 in
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
Blue; Brown; Yellow
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Good/moderate use
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
421 whole (225 4-patch, 196 plain), 56 half, and 4 quarter blocks
Size of quilt blocks:
3 in x 3 in
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
On point or rotated on 45 degrees
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
What is the shape of the quilt blocks?
Squares
Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:
2
Number of borders:
6
Describe the borders:
Inner brown and yellow sawtooth border 1.5 inch width; Inner most solid blue border 2.5 inch width; Inner brown border 1.75 inch width; middle blue border 2.5 inch width; Outer brown border 1.75 inch width; Outer most blue border 2.25 inch width.
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Solid/plain
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
What color is the back of the quilt?
Brown
Describe the back:
Hand sewn; Print
Materials used in the quilt binding:
Cotton
Fabric structure of the binding:
Plain weave
How is the binding made?
Separate binding applied
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 thick is the quilt?
Thin
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Thread type used for the quilting:
Cotton
Color of thread used in the quilting:
Blue
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
5 stitches per inch
Width between quilting lines:
1-1.25 in
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Grid/crosshatch; Outline
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Grid/crosshatch
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Bold Patterns, Bright Colors: Graphic Pennsylvania Quilts, 1850-1915. Mercer Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. May 5 to July 29, 2012.
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Source of the information on this quilt:
Museum Representatvie
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private- Nonprofit Organization
Quilt owner's name:
The Henry Ford
Quilt owner's city:
Dearborn
Quilt owner's county:
Wayne
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quilt owner's country:
United States
How was this quilt acquired?
Purchase
Details
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Who photographed this quilt?
The Henry Ford
Copyright holder:
The Henry Ford
Cite this Quilt
Mennonite Four Patch Quilt. ca. 1870. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; The Henry Ford Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-6177. Accessed: 04/26/24