QUILT INDEX RECORD

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Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

88.0017

Owner's name for the quilt:

Lend and Borrow

Names for quilt's pattern in common use:

Friendship Quilt

Where the quilt was made, city:

Possibly Trenton

Where the quilt was made, county:

Mercer

Where the quilt was made, state:

New Jersey (NJ)

Time period:

1800-1849

When was the quilt finished?

1839-1843

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

94"

How long is the quilt?

103"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Type of inscription:

Multiple Names

Location of inscription:

on block

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

90

Arrangement of quilt blocks:

Straight

Spacing of quilt blocks:

Side by side

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

narrow sawtooth pieced border

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:

Hand Piecing

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:

Quilts from the Merry and Albert Silber Collection, East Lansing, MI, 8/21/1988-11/13/1988, West Gallery, 2nd Floor, MSU Museum

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

Quilts from the Merry and Albert Silber Collection (1988) book, page 19.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's name:

Merry & Albert Silber

Quilt owner's city:

Southfield

Quilt owner's county:

Oakland

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Who photographed this quilt?

Sharon Risedorph and Lynn Kellner

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum