QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6991

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0891

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

MSC 025

Owner's name for the quilt:

Double Pyramid

When was the form filled out?

9/9/1985

Quilt top made by:

Sherwood, Martha

Quilted by:

Sherwood, Martha

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Holly

Where the quilt was made, county:

Oakland

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

ca 1860

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Holly

Quiltmaker's county:

Oakland

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Wade

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Dairy farmer

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

71"

How long is the quilt?

83"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading

Describe the repairs:

Mended on back

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

30 pieced,

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

4" APPLIQUED

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

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

African American Quilt, Flint, MI, 1980, Whaley House

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Debra McDade Stuff

Quilt owner's city:

Ann Arbor

Quilt owner's county:

Washtenaw

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

This is from the Mary Schafer collection #25 and was sold at auction October 18, 1998 at the Greater Ann Arbor Quilt Guild's Show. Price $500.00

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum