QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7679

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:

85.2040

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

71.104.2

Owner's name for the quilt:

Diamond Star

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

A Quilt Mosaic

Brackman # or other source & #:

2539b

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?

1850-1890

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72 1/8"

How long is the quilt?

80 1/4"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Rounded

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Number of quilt blocks:

28 full, 10 half blocks

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Describe the quilt setting:

Zigzag

Sashing width:

4 3/8"

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Diamonds

Number of borders:

2

Describe the borders:

2 1/2", 2 3/8" at sides, 1 3/8", 1 1/4" at ends

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:

3

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?

less than a half inch

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 original owner of the quilt was the donor's grandmother, Mrs. John Baur, c1855.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum