QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-6679

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:

15.0218

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

2015:74.8

Owner's name for the quilt:

Tourist Patchwork

When was the form filled out?

4/6/2016

Describe the relationship to the quilt's maker:

Museum employee

Where the quilt was made, country:

China

Time period:

1976-1999

When was the quilt finished?

After 1995

Why was the quilt made?

Personal income

Details about why the quilt was made:

These quilts were made to be sold to tourists.

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

58"

How long is the quilt?

62 1/2"

What color is the quilt?

Red

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor; Bright or primary colors

Quilt's condition:

Very good/almost new

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

72

Size of quilt blocks:

6" x 6"

Describe the borders:

Red

Fabric styles used in the quilt top:

Solid/plain

Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:

Embroidery

Describe the back:

Reversible

Features or notes about the quilt's appearance, materials, or construction:

Contemporary Chinese patchwork quilt, two sided. One side of the quilt is made entirely of 72 roughly 6" string-style blocks. The blocks are made from mostly brightly colored solids in a variety of materials, cotton and synthetic. Each block has a stuffed, three-dimensional insect or amphibian attached, surrounded with embroidery. The other side of the quilt has a nine large red cotton blocks, each machine-embroidered in multi-colored thread the image of dragons, and frog with flowers. There are four large blocks in the center of the quilt that contain round medallions, containing appliqued animals (pandas, a frog and butterfly). Both medallions are heavily embroidered, and embellished with a border of folded points. The quilt has a red cotton solid border on both sides. The medallions are backed with a stiff crinkly plastic. Not quilted or tied.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public Museum, Library, or Institution

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?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Note from donor: Collected in Badaling District near Beijing. I think they were probably made 1995 or later. They were given to me by Christine Turner of DuPont, Washington, who collected them over many years. We don't have makers' names.

Details

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Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum