QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7315

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:

85.1648

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

1998:53.97

Object label:

Stripes of Triangles
Anna Rolf
Flushing, Michigan
c1910
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#1998:53.97

Essay:

Completed circa 1910 and known as Stripes of Triangles, this medallion-style patchwork quilt features an original design by the quiltmaker, Anna Rolf of Flushing, Michigan. The top consists of patterned and plain cotton triangles, pieced together into strips that are set in square rows around a central block. Double borders at the top and bottom and single border at each side complete the arrangement. Quilted diagonal lines, running in alternating directions, fasten the top to the red-and-white cotton back. Rolf sold her quilt to its present owner, Mary Schafer.

By Marsha MacDowell from Michigan Quilts: 150 Years of a Textile Traditons.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Stripes of Triangles

When was the form filled out?

9/9/1985

Quilt top made by:

Rolf, Anna

Quilted by:

Rolf, Anna

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Flushing

Where the quilt was made, county:

Genesee

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

c1915

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Flushing

Quiltmaker's county:

Genesee

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

66.25"

How long is the quilt?

78.25"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Repairs:

Patched with new fabrics

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Number of borders:

7 1/2

Describe the borders:

three pairs of pieced borders around central square (squares on point, streak of lightning); 7th border plain on sides, 4th pieced pair on ends.

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

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

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

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 12-November 1, 1987, Kresge Art Museum, MSU

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

Michigan Quilts (plate 108) p. 78

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

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mary Schafer purchased this quilt from Anna Rolf, the quiltmaker, in Flushing, Genesee County, MI.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum