QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-2210
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
00.0222
Quilt's title:
Original Design Applique
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Red and Green Applique
Quilt top made by:
Gossett, Francis
Quilted by:
Gossett, Francis
If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:
Quilt owner
Where the quilt was made, county:
Belmont
Where the quilt was made, state:
Ohio (OH)
Time period:
1800-1849
When was the quilt finished?
1847?
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's city:
Belmont
Quiltmaker's state:
Ohio (OH)
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Tolbert
Quiltmaker's birth date:
early 1800s
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
77"
How long is the quilt?
77"
Quilt's condition:
Fair/worn
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
9
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Spacing of quilt blocks:
Separated by plain sashing
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Applique techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Applique
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
4
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
Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:
8
Quilting designs used, decorative motifs:
Feathering
Quilting designs used, background fills:
Parallel lines
Person filling out this form is:
Quilt owner
Ownership of this quilt is:
Private
Quilt owner's name:
L. Patrica Riedel
Quilt owner's city:
Grand Rapids
Quilt owner's county:
Kent
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Was made by owners grandfather's step father's mother - Francis was mother of William (Bill) and John Gossett. It was left to Bessie Rosemond Wilkins Gossett the mother of Max Wilkins.
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Gossett, Franci. Original Design Applique. 1847?. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-2210. Accessed: 07/27/24