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
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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Story
Minnie TenEyck Rice
MacDowell, Marsha