QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Detroit Historical Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.2007

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

66.80.2

Owner's name for the quilt:

Sawtooth

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Evening Star with Sawtooth Border

Brackman # or other source & #:

2138d

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1875-1900

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

27 1/4"

How long is the quilt?

38 3/4"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Fair/worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

20 pieced, 20 plain

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Number of borders:

2, one piece, one plain

Describe the borders:

1", 2"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

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 kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cannot tell

How are the layers held together?

Machine quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

12

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

15

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Detroit Historical Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Detroit

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mrs. E.R. Schroider, donor

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

Donated with a doll carriage and other doll bedding.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum