
QUILT INDEX RECORD
12-8-4779
Who documented this quilt?
Michigan Quilt Project
Where are the records for this quilt housed?
Michigan State University Museum
Michigan Quilt Project Number:
85.0582
Owner's name for the quilt:
Album
Names for quilt's pattern in common use:
Friendship Chain, Crosspatch, Enclosed Cross
Brackman # or other source & #:
2813c
When was the form filled out?
5/20/1985
Quilt top made by:
Shellhammer, Mary Maria
Other people who worked on this quilt:
and her daughters
If you are the quilt owner, how did you acquire this quilt?
Received as a gift
Where the quilt was made, city:
Union
Where the quilt was made, county:
Cass
Where the quilt was made, state:
Michigan (MI)
Time period:
1876-1900
When was the quilt started?
1880's beforePOlly's death in 1885
When was the quilt finished?
1880's
Quiltmaker's gender:
Female
Quiltmaker's country:
United States
Quiltmaker's maiden name:
Dibble
In which kind of environment did the quiltmaker live?
Rural
Quiltmaker's date and place of death:
5/8/1885 of stomach cancer
Quiltmaker's religious affiliation:
Baptist
Quiltmaker's father's name:
Dibble, Anson
Quiltmaker's mother's name:
Dibble, Lydia O'Dell
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and /or partner's/partners' name(s):
Shellhammer, Aaron
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' ethnic/tribal background:
German
Quiltmaker's spouse's/spouses' and/or partner's/partners' occupation:
farmer, soldier in Civil War
Number of children:
9
How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?
6
How many of the quiltmaker's children were boys?
3
This is a:
Finished quilt
How wide is the quilt?
69"
How long is the quilt?
77"
Shape of edge:
Straight
Shape of corners:
Straight
Quilt's condition:
Excellent/like new
Type of inscription:
Multiple Names
What is inscribed on the quilt?
names of family and friends
Method used to make the inscription:
Embroidery
Location of inscription:
on block
Describe the quilt's layout:
Block pattern
Number of quilt blocks:
42 pieced
Arrangement of quilt blocks:
Straight
Fiber types used to make the quilt top:
Cotton
Piecing techniques used to make the quilt top:
Hand Piecing
Embellishment techniques used to make the quilt top:
Embroidery
Materials used to make the back:
Cotton
Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:
3
What is the width of the binding (measure on the top only)?
less than a half inch
What kind of filling is used in the quilt?
Cotton
How are the layers held together?
Hand quilting
Quilting designs used, overall motifs:
Grid/crosshatch
Exhibitions where this quilt was displayed:
Newton House Museum
Ownership of this quilt is:
Public Museum, Library, or Institution
Quilt owner's name:
Newton House Museum
Quilt owner's city:
Valinia
Quilt owner's county:
Cass
Quilt owner's state:
Michigan (MI)
How was this quilt acquired?
Gift
Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:
Polly to daughters to Grace Field who donated it in 1974
Access and copyright information:
Restricted
Copyright holder:
Michigan State University Museum
Cite this Quilt
Shellhammer, Mary Mari. Album. 1880's. From Michigan State University Museum, Michigan Quilt Project. Published in The Quilt Index, https://quiltindex.org/view/?type=fullrec&kid=12-8-4779. Accessed: 02/15/25
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Shellhammer, Mary Maria (Polly) Dibble Quiltmaker
Michigan Quilt Project