QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-7029

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:

85.0953

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

11504CW

Owner's name for the quilt:

Mariner's Compass

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Radiant Star

When was the form filled out?

11/21/1984

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:

1800-1849

When was the quilt started?

before 1843

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Quilt blocks or pieces

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

Damage:

Fading

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Size of quilt blocks:

14" x 15"

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

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:

September, 1952, Chamberlain Warren Museum, donor

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

Original donor: Warren Ball.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum