QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7663

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:

85.2029

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

51.194.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Tobacco Ribbon block

When was the form filled out?

10/17/1985

Quilt top made by:

Davidson, Julia E.

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Bay City

Where the quilt was made, county:

Bay

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1904

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Bay City

Quiltmaker's county:

Bay

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

How wide is the quilt?

55 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

64 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Printed cigar labels

Method used to make the inscription:

Printed in the fabric

Number of quilt blocks:

30

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

30

How is the binding made?

Unfinished/raw edge

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 13, 1987-January 30, 1988, Michigan State University Museum

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

American Quilts, Quilting, and Patchwork by Adelaide Hechtlinger, Harrisburg, PA; Stackpole Books, 1974: 340-1. Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 101, page 74.

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Photocopies of other tobacco ribbon quilts; List of label inscriptions from the quilt

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:

Mr. J. Harley Davidson, donor

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt top

Who photographed this quilt?

Peter Glendinning

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum