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:

85.2039

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

71.104.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Cactus Baskets

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, country:

United States

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1850-1900

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72"

How long is the quilt?

82"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

39 full, 20 half

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Describe the quilt setting:

Zigzag

Sashing width:

4 3/8"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

1 3/8"

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:

4

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:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

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. Bielman and sisters

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

The quilt originally belonged to donor's grandmother, Mrs. John Bauer of Detroit, c1855

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum