QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-8072

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.2156

Quilt's title:

War Between the States

When was the form filled out?

10/26/1985

Other people who worked on this quilt:

Top pieced by the wife of a veteran of Sherman's March. Made for a soldier in hopes of his safe return to Pennsylvania from the Civil War.

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

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

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

When was the quilt started?

1860

When was the quilt finished?

1940

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

54 1/2"

How long is the quilt?

80 3/4"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Red

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Number of quilt blocks:

20

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Sashing width:

2 3/4"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

What color is the back of the quilt?

White

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

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:

6

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

6

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

City Opera House Quilts Show, Traverse City, MI, 1984

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Marilyn A. Flaherty

Quilt owner's city:

Traverse City

Quilt owner's county:

Grand Traverse

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Mr. and Mrs. W. Nelson, PO Box 411, Blossom, TX 75416. Formerly of Traverse City

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

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

The color represented the colors of the North and South.

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum