QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-10170
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; The Henry Ford Collection
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
87.0147
Owner's name for the quilt:
Rising Sun
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Sunflower
Quilt top made by:
Ganong, Nancy
Quilted by:
Ganong, Nancy
If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:
Quilt owner
Where the quilt was made, city:
Irontown
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt finished?
c1880
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Iron Town
Quiltmaker's state:
Michigan (MI)
Quiltmaker's birth date:
1852
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
72 1/2"
How long is the quilt?
99"
Shape of edge:
Straight
What color is the quilt?
White
Antique colors:
Indigo Blue
What is inscribed on the quilt?
Nancy Ganong
Location of inscription:
on back
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
24
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
Number of borders:
1
Describe the borders:
appliqued, eagles & scrolls
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Floral
Describe the quilting designs used:
Outline/Ditch
Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:
Published in MIchigan Quilts, fig. 42, p. 42. From Homage to Amanda Two Hundred Years of American Quilts, From the Collection of Edwinn Binney, 3rd and Gail Binney-Winslow page 86-87.
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Edwin Binney
Quilt owner's country:
United States
Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:
From Homage to Amanda Two Hundred Years of American Quilts From the Collection of Edwinn Binney, 3rd and Gail Binney-Winslow We have already seen (in no. 22) that a wave of patriotism swept the country at the time of the Centennial celebration. Few quilts could better illustrate this fact than the one shown here. The eagle has been used as a motif in American decorative arts since the Federal Period and appeared profusely on every imaginable type of sourvenir during the late nineteenth century. the eagle repeat motif and the overall design concept of this quilt make it reminiscent of Centennial and earlier Jacquard woven coverlets. Especially during the second quarter of the nineteenth century, these professionally woven coverlets were frequently the best designed and most elaborately patterned textiles seen in the middle-class and rural homes of the Northeast. It seems natural, then, to suppose that these Jacquards would have inspired quiltmakers, who were making textiles of the same scale and function. 42. Rising Sun (or Sunflower) with Eagle border, c. 1870-1880, probably Irontown, Michigan, 72 1/2 x 99 inches, pieced and appliqued cottons. "Nancy Ganong" is written in ink on a cloth tag sewn to the backing. According to A History of the Decendents of Jean Guenon of Flushing, Long Island, published in 1906, Nancy Viola Ganong was born in 1852 in Irowntown, Michigan. Variations of this quilt have appeared in an exhibit at the Henry Ford and in a quilt kit published by Paragon #01123 after being written up in Woman's Day magazine in the 1930s.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt
Who photographed this quilt?
Sharon Risedorph
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Ganong, Nanc. Rising Sun. c1880. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; The Henry Ford Collection. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-10170. Accessed: 03/28/24
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