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QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-8598

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Dr. William Hyser Rivers Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.0806

Owner's name for the quilt:

Applique Berries Quilt

When was the form filled out?

5/13/1986

Quilt top made by:

Rice, Minnie

Quilted by:

Rice, Minnie

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?

c1875

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Ten Eyck

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

72"

How long is the quilt?

90"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

12

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

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

Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Applique

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

How is the binding made?

Edges turned in/ no separate binding

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:

Vines

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch, Leaf

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts: A Celebration of 150 Years of Textile Tradition, East Lansing, MI, September 12-November 1, 1987, Kresge Art Museum, MSU

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

Michigan Quilts (1987) book, figure 84, page 64.

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Dr. William Hyser Rivers Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Belmont

Quilt owner's county:

Kent

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Gail Rice, donor and daughter of maker

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    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

  • Cite this Quilt

    Rice, Minni. Applique Berries Quilt. c1875. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Dr. William Hyser Rivers Museum Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-8598. Accessed: 03/29/24

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