QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6404

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Grand Rapids Public Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

13.0206

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

1985.4.15

Owner's name for the quilt:

Single Irish Chain

When was the form filled out?

June 1, 2012

Quilt top made by:

Ridgly, Emma

Quilted by:

Ridgly, Frances (b1860)

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

Received as a gift

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

c1890

Quilt is presently used as:

Artwork/wall hanging

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1852

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

75"

How long is the quilt?

84"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Brown; White

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

110 - 55 pieced, 55 plain

Size of quilt blocks:

6 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

1 3/4" white; 1 1/2" brown calico; 1 1/2" 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

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back

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:

13

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

14

Describe the quilting designs used:

Feathered Wreath, Pumpkin Seed, heavily quilted, hanging grid in the border.

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

Photo in "Museum" "Threads of Time" Summer 1996.

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Grand Rapids Public Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Grand Rapids

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Acquired from Carolyn Wheeler Trust, Grand Rapids, MI, January 15, 1985.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

MSU Board of Trustees