QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Frankenmuth Historical Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.2068

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

1974.43.1

Owner's name for the quilt:

Tree of Life

When was the form filled out?

7/29/1985

Quilt top made by:

Muehlfeld, Anna Margareth

Quilted by:

Muehlfeld, Anna Margareth

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Bridgeport

Where the quilt was made, county:

Saginaw

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1876-1900

When was the quilt finished?

1890-1900

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Bridgeport

Quiltmaker's county:

Saginaw

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Herzog

Quiltmaker's birth date:

10/21/1871

Quiltmaker's birthplace, city:

Frankenmuth

Quiltmaker's birthplace, state:

Michigan

Quiltmaker's birthplace, country:

United States

In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?

Rural

Quiltmaker's date and place of death:

10/11/1962

Quiltmaker's educational background:

since she was confirmed, probably 8th grade

Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:

Missouri Synod Lutheran (St. Lorenz and Immanual)

Quiltmaker's occupation:

housewife

Quiltmaker's father's name:

Herzog, Johann Simon

Quiltmaker's father's birthplace:

Neuendettelsau, Kingdom of Bavaria

Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's mother's name:

Herzog, Maria Margareth Reinert

Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:

German

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

Farmer

Number of children:

4

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

2

How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?

2

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

71"

How long is the quilt?

71"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

25 pieced

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Alternating with plain squares

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Machine Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

3

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Frankenmuth Historical Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Frankenmuth

Quilt owner's county:

Saginaw

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mrs. Arnold Roedel, donor and granddaughter of maker

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum