QUILT INDEX RECORD

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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:

86.0700

Owner's name for the quilt:

Gentlemen's Bow Tie

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Nine Patch

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:

1901-1929

When was the quilt started?

1920

When was the quilt finished?

1920

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' name(s):

Adolphus Snipes Jr.,

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?

97"

How long is the quilt?

92 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Excellent/like new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

42

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by plain sashing

Sashing width:

78"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Hartford Memorial Baptist Church Quilting Show, Detroit, MI, 10/1986

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

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

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum