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:

85.1274

Object label:

Flower Basket

Essay:

The flower basket design on this quilt has been appliqued and stuffed to create a three-dimensional effect. The top is made of solid-colored wool and silk, and the straight edges of the quilt are bound in wool tape. The quilting is a diamond pattern. All of the sewing has been done by hand, except for the machined seams.

The quilt was inherited by the Leslie's daughter, Mahala Gardner Brown, the quilt is now in the collection of the Dearborn Historical Museum.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Flower Basket

When was the form filled out?

5/22/1985

Quilt top made by:

Leslie, Sarah

Quilted by:

Leslie, Sarah

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)

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 maiden name:

Gardner

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1850

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Gardner, Elizabeth Gould

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1882

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

Leslie, William

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

63"

How long is the quilt?

79"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

How is the binding made?

Woven tape

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 12-November 1, 1987, Kresge Art Museum, MSU

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.26. Published in Michigan Quilts, fig. 62 p. 52

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Photo shows the quilter and her husband in her wedding dress, which was purchased by selling the family cow.

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:

Mrs. Mahala Gardner Brown, quilter's daughter

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