QUILT INDEX RECORD
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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