QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7295

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1630

If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:

1998:53.52

Object label:

Linden Mill
Maker unknown
Provenance unknown
c1900
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1998.53.52

Essay:

The original quilt which inspired Mary Schafer’s lifetime quilting passion. Saddened that this quiltmaker’s work had fallen into such a poor condition, Mary did everything she could to restore the quilt.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Linden Mill

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Peace & Plenty

Brackman # or other source & #:

1201 variation

When was the form filled out?

9/9/1985

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

ca. 1900

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

67"

How long is the quilt?

77.5"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Damage:

Discoloration or dyes ran

Describe the repairs:

Mary cleaned and did slight repair work.

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

25 peiced, 24 alternate solid blocks

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

1.5" plain

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

7

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

8

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Feathering

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Mary Schafer Quilt Exhibit, Flint, MI, July 11-13, 18-20, 25-27, 1980, Whaley House; The Mary Schafer Collection: A Legacy of Quilt History, exhibit, July 29-December 31, 2001.

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

Mary Schafer and Her Quilts, figure 6.

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mary Schafer found the quilt in the trunk of her son's car following a beach party in 1954. Mary named the pattern Linden Mill because of the pinwheel shape and the quilt was found in Linden, Michigan, which had a historic mill. Her pieced quilt was a copy of this one, made to honor the unknown quiltmaker who made this.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum