QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7304

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:

85.1639

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

1998:53.91

Object label:

Single Wedding Ring
Maker unknown
Provenance unknown
c1900-1915
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1998:53.91

Essay:

This powerful quilt relies on simple, strong colors and simple fan quilting for its graphic energy. It is backed with cotton flannel.

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

Owner's name for the quilt:

Single Wedding Ring

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Crown of Thorns

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?

c1910

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

81"

How long is the quilt?

81"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Stains

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

25

Sashing width:

3"

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

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

4

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?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

8

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

9

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Elbow/fan

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 79, page 57.

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

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

KEVA

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum