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:

85.1316

Owner's name for the quilt:

Drunkard's Path

When was the form filled out?

5/26/1985

Quilt top made by:

Haight, Amanda

Quilted by:

Haight, Amanda

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

c1870

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

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

73"

How long is the quilt?

88"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the borders:

6"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Grid/crosshatch

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