QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-8595
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
01.0004
If this quilt is owned by a museum, enter the accession number:
2001:158.4
Object label:
Pineapple
Maker unknown
Saudertown, Pennsylvania
c1890
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#2001:158.4
Essay:
During the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the "Log Cabin" block pattern became popular. It has many variations, including "Pineapple" (seen here), "Courthouse Steps," "Barn Raising," and "Fields and Furrows." Some textile historians believe that the popularity of the design can be traced to Abraham Lincoln's presidency in the 1860s. Lincoln's childhood spent in an Illinois log cabin was an oft-repeated detail of his biography.
This quilt offers a remarkable fabric study of typical late nineteenth-century fabrics. A wide variety of shirtings, double pinks, butterscotches, stripes, plaids, "Hershey" browns, mourning prints, and others create an encyclopedia of the era's textiles. There are forty-nine 10-inch blocks in the quilt. The second border of pieced green squares placed on point, against a double pink background, adds to the quilt's visual impact. Small-scale, green print fabrics, produced continuously from the late nineteenth century into the twenty-first century, have long been favored by quiltmakers. Because of the long period of time over which some the green fabrics were produced, dating a quilt made of such fabrics can be difficult.
By Mary Worrall, excerpted from American Quilts from Michigan State University Museum.
Quilt's title:
Pineapple
Owner's name for the quilt:
Pineapple
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Pineapple
Brackman # or other source & #:
2635
Where the quilt was made, city:
Saudertown
Where the quilt was made, county:
Bucks
Where the quilt was made, state:
Pennsylvania (PA)
Time period:
1876-1900
Quilt is presently used as:
Museum collection
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
80 3/4
How long is the quilt?
81
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Antique colors:
Cheddar Orange or Antimony or Chrome Orange; Chocolate Brown or Hershey Brown; Double Pink
Overall color scheme:
Multicolor
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Damage:
Stains
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
49
Size of quilt blocks:
10 x 10
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Side by side
What is the shape of the quilt blocks?
Same block throughout
Number of different block patterns used in the quilt:
1
Number of borders:
3
Describe the borders:
Inner, 2 3/8" cheddar print Middle, pieced of green squares and double pink triangles, 1 3/4" Outer, 2 7/8" cheddar print
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Multiple scrap
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
Describe the back:
Same fabric used throughout
Materials used in the quilt binding:
Cotton
How is the binding made?
Back turned to front
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
less than a half inch
How wide is the binding (measure on the top only)?
1/4
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
How thick is the quilt?
Thin (Less than 3/16?)
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:
5
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Grid/crosshatch; Outline; Single parallel lines
Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:
The quilt maker is thought to be Mennonite.
Source of the information on this quilt:
KItty Clark Cole, donor and museum employee
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public- Michigan State University Museum
Quilt owner's name:
Michigan State University Museum
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Kitty Clark Cole donated the quilt to the Michigan State University Museum.
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
The quilt maker is thought to be Mennonite.
Details
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Pineapple. 1876-1900. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-8595. Accessed: 04/17/24
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Collection
Kitty Clark Cole Quilt Collection
Worrall, Mary