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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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