QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

89.0011

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

6581.3

Object label:

Virginia Star (in progress)
Maker unknown
Found in Delta Township, Michigan
c1870
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#6581.3

Essay:

Donor Florence Vogt found this quilt in the Delta Township home of her stepmother, Mary Knapp.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Virginia Star in progress

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

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

82"

How long is the quilt?

80"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Damage:

Stains

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

16

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Separated by pieced pattern sashing

Sashing width:

1"

Number of borders:

3

Describe the borders:

2", 1 1/2", 1"

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

How is the binding made?

Unfinished/raw edge

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Wool

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

5

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

7

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Outline

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Michigan Quilts, Chicago Hilton and Towers, May 9-14, 1989, International Quilt Market and Festival; Quilts from the Michigan State University Museum Collection, traveling exhibit: Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI, October, 1992 - January, 1993: Southwestern Michigan College Museum, Dowagiac, MI, June - September, 1995; Midland County Historical Society, Midland, MI, December 1, 1997 - January 25, 1998.

Publications (including web sites) where this quilt or maker was featured:

Clippings or photocopies

Source of the information on this quilt:

Museum employee

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public- Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's name:

Michigan State University Museum

Quilt owner's city:

East Lansing

Quilt owner's county:

Ingham

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

5/18/1987, Florence Vogt, donor

Describe anything about the history of the quilt that wasn't already recorded in a previous field:

Found in Delta Township, Eaton Co., MI (in F. Vogt's stepmother's [Mary Knapp] attic). Might be from Ohio.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

KEVA

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum