QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-8759

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Charlton Park Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

86.1141

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

76.14.4

Owner's name for the quilt:

Courthouse Steps

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Log Cabin

When was the form filled out?

6/27/1986

Quilt top made by:

Mead, Samantha

Quilted by:

Mead, Samantha

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?

pre1900

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):

Mead, Charles

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

70"

How long is the quilt?

70"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Poor/very worn

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

56

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

Rayon

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?

Brown

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

2

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

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:

4

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

5

Describe the quilting designs used:

Outline/Ditch

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Charlton Park Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Hastings

Quilt owner's county:

Barry

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Dorothy Damson, granddaughter

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