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:

85.1293

Owner's name for the quilt:

Brick Wall

When was the form filled out?

5/18/1985

Quilt top made by:

Lapham, Ruth Ann

Quilted by:

Lapham, Ruth 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

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:

Hall

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

grocer

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

66"

How long is the quilt?

79"

Shape of edge:

Straight

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:

Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p.19

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, daughter, donor

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