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:

85.1330

Owner's name for the quilt:

Spider Web

When was the form filled out?

7/24/1985

Quilt top made by:

Claucherty, Esther Child

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Laingsburg

Where the quilt was made, county:

Clinton

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1930-1949

When was the quilt finished?

c1930

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:

Child

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1873

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

1970

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Child, Benjamin

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Child, Jane

Number of children:

1

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

Does/did the quiltmaker belong to a group? Name of the group?

Esther belonged to a neighborhood quilt club in the 1920-30s.

What are the main activities of the group?

Neighbors would go from house to house, piecing and quilting for each other.

How wide is the quilt?

69"

How long is the quilt?

83"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

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 (1987) book, figure 135, page 92. Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p 52-3

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

This farm scene tintype shows the quilter seated at the far right, age 16. Others include her father and mother, father's 2 younger brothers, and Esther's 3 siblings.

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:

Elizabeth Claucherty, daughter and 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