QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7132

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:

85.1292

Owner's name for the quilt:

Stuffed Tulip Applique Quilt

When was the form filled out?

6/3/1985

Quilt top made by:

Thurber, Mary Ann

Quilted by:

Thurber, Mary Ann

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1880's

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1836

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1889 in Michigan

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

80"

How long is the quilt?

81"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

24 full, 16 half

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 65, page 54. Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p.31

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:

Phoebe Lapham Brown, donor

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Describe where the quilting design pattern was found:

A thimble was used as a tracing pattern in some areas

Describe anything about the design of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

In one area the fabric color changes, perhaps indicating that the quiltmaker ran out of the proper material and, because of isolation, had to make-do with whatever fabric was on hand.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum