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12-8-7313

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:

85.1646

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

1998:53.101

Object label:

Sunrise
Susan Brown
Owosso, Shiawassee County, Michigan
c1863-1865
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1998:53.101

Essay:

In this meticulous, fine antique, the background fabric is white with a blue figure, and the colored fabrics are various reds. The impeccable piecing and clamshell quilting make this an outstanding quilt, one of the best Michigan quilt in Mary's collection.

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

Owner's name for the quilt:

Sunrise

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Sunflower variation

When was the form filled out?

9/9/1985

Quilt top made by:

Brown, Susan

Quilted by:

Brown, Susan

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Owosso

Where the quilt was made, county:

Shiawassee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

c1865

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Owosso

Quiltmaker's county:

Shiawassee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

67"

How long is the quilt?

82"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

What color is the quilt?

White

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Susan Brown Owosso, Michigan. The signature is in Mary Schafer's handwriting.

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1865

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Describe where the inscription was found:

top

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

2"

Number of borders:

1, on the sides only

Describe the borders:

2 5/8" on sides only.

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:

3

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:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Clamshell

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Rose

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Mary Schafer Quilt Exhibit, Flint, MI, July 11-13, 18-20, 25-27, 1980, Museum, Whaley House

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

Mary Schafer and Her Quilts, figure 68, page52.

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

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

This is supposed to have been one of Susan Brown's best quilts.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Who photographed this quilt?

KEVA

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

Brown, Susa. Sunrise. c1865. 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=12-8-7313. Accessed: 03/28/24

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