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:

85.1312

Object label:

Log Cabin or Courthouse Steps

Essay:

The Log Cabin pattern of this crib quilt may have had special meaning for the quiltmaker, Amanda Canfield Haight. The daughter of pioneer Solomon Canfield and his wife, she was born in a log cabin in 1848, after her parents moved from Sodus, New York, to Hillsdale County, Michigan. In 1869 she married James Haight. Their first child was born in 1870, the year this quilt was made. The top, pieced out of silk fabrics to form the Log Cabin or Courthouse Steps pattern, is tied to the rose-colored silk crepe back with rose-colored thread. All of the sewing except for the border has been done by hand. The crib quilt was given to the Dearborn Historical Museum by the quiltmaker's grandson, Floyd Haight.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Log Cabin, Courthouse Steps

When was the form filled out?

5/21/1985

Quilt top made by:

Haight, Amanda

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, county:

Hillsdale

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

1870

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Canfield

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1848

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

Sodus, NY

Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):

1869

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

Haight, James

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

43"

How long is the quilt?

57"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

342

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the borders:

1 1/2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk

Materials used to make the back:

Silk

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

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

MIchigan Quilts, fig. 43, p. 43. Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p.23

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

Photos of quilter

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:

Floyd Haight grandson, 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