QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7680

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:

85.2041

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

72.24.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Hexagon Mosaic

When was the form filled out?

10/23/1985

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

When was the quilt started?

c1870

When was the quilt finished?

c1930

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?

71 3/4"

How long is the quilt?

87 1/2"

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Damage:

Dirty

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

What is the shape of the quilt blocks?

Hexagons

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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

One of the slides of this quilt includes parts of the quilt in progress, a metal template used for cutting the paper pieces, 20th century fabric yardage uncut and cut into hexagons, hexagon units in progress and paper pieces cut from stationary, etc. dating from the 1870s.

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. Loyal Atkinson, donor. Previously owned by Marjorie VanNorman Atkinson

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum