QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project; Dearborn Historical Museum Collection

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

85.1332

Owner's name for the quilt:

Bar Pattern

When was the form filled out?

7/9/1985

Quilt top made by:

Rinshed, Elizabeth Alberta

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, city:

Detroit

Where the quilt was made, county:

Wayne

Where the quilt was made, state:

Michigan (MI)

Time period:

1901-1929

When was the quilt finished?

1918

Quilt is presently used as:

Museum collection

Quiltmaker's gender:

Female

Quiltmaker's city:

Detroit

Quiltmaker's county:

Wayne

Quiltmaker's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quiltmaker's maiden name:

Hall

Quiltmaker's birth date:

1806

Quiltmaker's occupation:

Sewed for a tailor, job was to put finishing touches on men's suits and vests. Worked for the tailor in Canada, went along when he moved to Mancelona during the lumbering boom in that era.

Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:

railroad engineer

Estimated number of quilts made by this quiltmaker:

more than 50

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

56"

How long is the quilt?

66"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Wool

Describe the fibers or fabrics in the quilt top:

All kinds of menswear textiles, including tuxedo stripes, vest linings

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Tied or tufted

Where did the maker get their materials?

Sewing scraps

Related items such as diaries, obituaries, wills, household inventories, or pictures of the quiltmaker:

Uncoverings - A Legacy of Dearborn Quilmakers, by Margaret Malanyn, p46

Ownership of this quilt is:

Public-Other

Quilt owner's name:

Dearborn Historical Museum

Quilt owner's city:

Dearborn

Quilt owner's county:

Wayne

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

How was this quilt acquired?

Gift

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Jessie and Henry Hansen, friends, donors

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

Elizabeth left no children, but when her heirs were sorting out her belongings, her friend Jessie Hansen rescued the bar pattern quilt. It was plucked from a pile of quilts destined to be sold for 50 cents each.

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

How did the quiltmaker participate in the creation of the quilt?

Made entire quilt

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum