QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-375

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:

88.0020

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

6981.2

Object label:

Broderie Perse
Maker unknown
New York
c1850
Collection of Michigan State University Museum acc.#6981.2

Essay:

This mint-condition, cut-out chintz applique quilt is an excellent example of how early 19th century quiltmakers could make expensive chintz fabrics go further to good effect. After 1858, textile manufacturers began producing less-expensive fabrics for the express purpose of using them on quilts in this manner.

Owner's name for the quilt:

Broderie Perse

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

Received as a gift

Where the quilt was made, state:

New York (NY)

Time period:

1850-1875

When was the quilt finished?

c1850

Quiltmaker's country:

United States

This is a:

Finished quilt

How wide is the quilt?

103"

How long is the quilt?

105"

Shape of edge:

Straight

Describe the quilt's layout:

Medallion or framed center

Number of borders:

3/4

Fiber types used to make the quilt top:

Cotton

Fabric types used to make the quilt top:

Chintz

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:

7

What kind of filling is used in the quilt?

Cotton

How are the layers held together?

Hand quilting

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

11

Where did the maker find their pattern?

Original to maker

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 book (1988), page 27. Great Lakes, Great Quilts (2001) book, page 35.

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:

12-1-1989, Merry and Albert Silber, donor

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

If the source helped design the quilt, describe their input:

Designed the pattern

Who photographed this quilt?

Pearl Yee Wong

Copyright holder:

Michigan State University Museum