QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6054

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Michigan State University Museum Collection; China Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum; China Quilt Project

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

12.0181

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

2012:134.2

Object label:

Tea Leaves
Maker unknown
China
1940s
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#2012:134.2

Owner's name for the quilt:

Quilt

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Tea Leaves

If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?

Purchased the quilt

Where the quilt was made, province:

Guizhou

Where the quilt was made, country:

China

Time period:

1976-1999

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's province:

Guizhou

Quiltmaker's country:

China

Quiltmaker's ethnic background/tribal affiliation:

Buyi

This is a:

Quilt top with unfinished edge

How wide is the quilt?

52"

How long is the quilt?

34 1/2"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Shape of corners:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Blue; White

Antique colors:

Indigo Blue

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Number of quilt blocks:

24

Size of quilt blocks:

8 1/2" x 8 1/2"

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

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

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

24+

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Quilting designs used, background fills:

Grid/crosshatch

Describe the quilting designs used:

Hanging grid Blocked. Blocks have individual design, don't form pattern together.

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)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

How was this quilt acquired?

Purchase

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

This quilt was collected by curator Marsha MacDowell while on a research trip to China, 11/2012.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

MSU Board of Trustees