QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-10287
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
86.0692
Owner's name for the quilt:
Framed Sunflower
When was the form filled out?
6/14/1986
Quilt top made by:
Snipes, Maria
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Inherited
Where the quilt was made, state:
Alabama (AL)
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt finished?
1900
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's state:
Alabama (AL)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Ingersoll
Quiltmaker's birth date:
19th century
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
1942
Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:
African American
Quiltmaker's occupation:
Housewife
Quiltmaker's father's ethnic/tribal background:
African American
Quiltmaker's mother's ethnic/tribal background:
African American
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
African American
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
Blacksmith, shop 27 Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia
Number of children:
5
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
1
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
4
This is a:
Quilt top with unfinished edge
How wide is the quilt?
8 1/2"
How long is the quilt?
11 1/2"
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Fabric styles used in the quilt top:
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:
4
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
4
Where did the maker find their pattern?
Original to maker
Describe the source of the pattern:
Framed Sun, West African motif
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Hartford Memorial Baptist Church Quilting Show, Detroit, MI, 10/1986; Detroit Historical Museum African American Heritage
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Source of the information on this quilt:
Granddaughter of quiltmaker
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
Bernice Fitzpatrick Green
Quilt owner's city:
Detroit
Quilt owner's county:
Wayne
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Inheritance
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Maria Ingersoll Snipes Grandmother; Mary Elizabeth Snipes Fitzpatrick (mother), Bernice Fitzpatrick Green daughter
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?
Made entire quilt top
If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:
Designed the pattern
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Snipes, Mari. Framed Sunflower. 1900. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project; Black Diaspora Quilt History Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-10287. Accessed: 04/20/24