QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

85.1266

Owner's name for the quilt:

Chained 4-Patch

When was the form filled out?

7/26/1985

Quilt top made by:

Ross, Elizabeth Wilson

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)

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 maiden name:

McFadden

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1900

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1859

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Ross, Nathaniel

Number of children:

7

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Vertical strip

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by vertical strips

Number of borders:

1 one each lengthwise edge, Flying Geese

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

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