QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Clinton Historical Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.0232

Owner's name for the quilt:

Signature Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Friendship Chain, Album, Crosspatch

Brackman # or other source & #:

2813c

When was the form filled out?

2/5/1985

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?

1890

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

80"

How long is the quilt?

80"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

White

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Orcelia Golgrove, Napoleon; Mrs. Cynthia O. Tate, Lodi; Mrs. Gunal Nienh, Florida, 1896; Ohn Elln, Saline; Mos. Atten Bridgewater; Frank Sr. Tate, Saline; Thomas Tate, Lodi; Theron Brown, Bridgewater; ___ Shepherd, York; Clotilde ___, Bridgewater; Rebecca Tate, Lodi; Ezra P. Randall, Bridgewater; Mary Mitchell, Bridgewater; Flora P. Colgrove, Napoleon, 1890; Cornellia Baker, Manchester; M.L. Powell, Bridgewater, 1850; Nicholas _eal, Bridgewater; Mrs. Nola Randall, Bridgewater; _iva V. Randall, Bridgewater; Mrs. Lazele; Mrs. G. Alvord, Saline; Mr. L. Powel, Bridgewater; Mrs. H. Benet, Lodi; Malcomb L. Brown, Bridgewater, 1850; M---on Laralle, Bridgewater; Mrs. Lucretia Randall; Anita C. Brown, Bridgewater, 1890; Emet Allen, Bridgewater; Jane V. Brown, Bridgewater; Mr. Tate, Lodi; Hulber Rice, Florida; Wm. Rice, Bridgewater; Byron O. Randall, Bridgewater 1890; Elbert S. Tate, Lodi; Roy ___ Gero, Lodi; Rowen _____; Solomon Brown, Connettville; Horace A. Fisk, Bridgewater 1880?; Calponn M. Randall, Bridgewater; Lucy Martin

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1850,1880,1890

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on block

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

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:

2

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:

7

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Parallel lines

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Clinton Historical Society

Quilt owner's city:

Clinton

Quilt owner's county:

Lenawee

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Quilt owned by Jane Fiske (Brown) (1830-), wife of Horace Fisk (1825-1902), donated by Evelyn Fisk in 1980.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum