QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7303

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:

85.1638

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

1998:53.66

Object label:

North Carolina Lily
Maker unknown
Provenance unknown
c1925
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1998:53.66

Essay:

One of three North Carolina Lily quilts in Mary's collectio, this one is by far the most simple. The colored fabrics are orange and dark blue-green, and the large-scale quilting suggests that it was made in this century.

By Gwen Marston and Joe Cunningham from Mary Schafer and Her Quilts.

Owner's name for the quilt:

North Carolina Lily

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Carolina Lily

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:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

c1925

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

76"

How long is the quilt?

93"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Discoloration or dyes ran

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20 pieced, 12 plain

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

How is the binding made?

Front turned to back

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Whaley House Museum, Flint, MI

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

Mary Schafer and Her Quilts, figure 48, page40.

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 bought this quilt from an antique dealer in Flint, Michigan.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

KEVA

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum