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-Other

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