QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-7158
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:
85.1317
Owner's name for the quilt:
Basket
Quilt top made by:
Haight, Mary Bell
Quilted by:
Haight, Mary Bell
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, county:
Branch
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt finished?
c1890
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:
Sherer
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1872
In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?
Rural
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1957
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
German
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
German
Quiltmaker's marriage date(s):
1893
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Haight, William Eugene
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
farmer
Number of children:
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
1
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
73"
How long is the quilt?
78 1/2"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
18 full, edged with half blocks
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
What color is the back of the quilt?
White
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
3
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Floral
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch, Leaves
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.38-9
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
Cite this Quilt
Haight, Mary Bel. Basket. c1890. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Dearborn Historical Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7158. Accessed: 04/25/24