QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1538

Owner's name for the quilt:

Rose of Sharon

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Rose of Sharon variation

When was the form filled out?

5/7/1985

Quilt top made by:

Seaman, Elizabeth

Quilted by:

Seaman, Elizabeth

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Her sister helped make the top.

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Inherited

Where the quilt was made, city:

North Branch

Where the quilt was made, county:

Lapeer

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt started?

1899

When was the quilt finished?

1900

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

North Branch

Quiltmaker's county:

Lapeer

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

plain

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Source of the information on this quilt:

Granddaughter of quiltmaker

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Helen E. Martus Marsh

Quilt owner's city:

Marlette

Quilt owner's county:

Sanilac

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Elizabeth Seaman to daughter Ethel Seaman Martus then to daughter Helen Martus Marsh

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum