QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-7309
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:
85.1644
If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:
1998:53.104
Object label:
Thousand Pyramids
Des Jardin Family and Mary Vida Schafer
Essexville, Bay County, Michigan
c1890 (top)
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1998:53.104
Essay:
This scrap quilt is an interesting study of dress goods of the period.
By Gwen Marston from The Mary Schafer Quilt Collection exhibit catalog.
Owner's name for the quilt:
Thousand Pyramids
When was the form filled out?
9/9/1985
Quilt top made by:
DesJardin, Family
Other people who worked on this quilt:
Mary Schafer added the border and arranged for the quilting.
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Purchased the quilt
Where the quilt was made, city:
Essexville
Where the quilt was made, county:
Bay
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
When was the quilt started?
c1890
When was the quilt finished?
c1975
Quilt is presently used as:
Museum collection
Quiltmaker's city:
Essexville
Quiltmaker's county:
Bay
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
5.25", 2.25"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
White
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Very good/almost new
Damage:
Stains
Describe the quilt's layout:
One patch or allover
Number of quilt blocks:
544, 64 half blocks
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
Top and bottom are 5 1/4", the sides are 2 1/4"
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:
2
How is the binding made?
Bias 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?
Polyester
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
6
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
6
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Whaley House Museum, Flint, MI
Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:
Book, Mary Schafer and Her Quilts by Marston and Cunningham; Michigan State University Museum, 1990.
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
Cite this Quilt
DesJardin, Famil. Thousand Pyramids. c1975. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7309. Accessed: 03/28/24
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