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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7677

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:

85.2038

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

69.117

Owner's name for the quilt:

Roman Square

When was the form filled out?

8/22/1985

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Coldwater

Where the quilt was made, county:

Branch

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

c1880

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

How wide is the quilt?

40 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

64 1/4"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Damage:

Disintegration of fabric

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

170

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Silk

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

No filling

Describe the sources of the quilt's materials:

Made of pieces from dresses belonging to Margaret Chapman's mother; patch in center of quilt reads "Fox and Chapman, Coldwater, Mich."

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. Edward Hartwick, donor

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

The 1883 Michigan State Gazetteer, p. 407 lists Fox and Chapman (Harlan M. Fox, Dyce Chapman) Jewelers.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum

Cite this Quilt

;. Roman Square. c1880. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Detroit Historical Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-7677. Accessed: 03/28/24