QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-7101
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Dearborn Historical Museum Collection
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.1262
Owner's name for the quilt:
Hexagon
When was the form filled out?
5/26/1985
Quilt top made by:
Ross, Ellen
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Dearborn
Where the quilt was made, county:
Wayne
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt finished?
c1880
Quilt is presently used as:
Museum collection
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Dearborn
Quiltmaker's county:
Wayne
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's birth date:
Her twin died in infancy
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
at age of 15 from TB
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Ross, Nathaniel
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Ross, Elizabeth McFadden
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
Irish
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
75"
How long is the quilt?
77"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
What is the shape of the quilt blocks?
Hexagons
Number of borders:
1
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Describe the quilting designs used:
Scallop
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
"Fifteen Dearborn Quilts", Uncoverings 1982, by Margaret Malanyn, p.87-100. Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p.28. "15 Early Dearborn Quilts," by Margaret Malanyn, p.8.
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public-Other
Quilt owner's name:
Dearborn Historical Museum
Quilt owner's city:
Dearborn
Quilt owner's county:
Wayne
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
She willed the family house, contents and land to the City of Dearborn in 1950. Mary Elizabeth Ross
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
Cite this Quilt
Ross, Elle. Hexagon. c1880. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Dearborn Historical Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7101. Accessed: 03/28/24