QUILT INDEX RECORD

12-8-5337

Where are the records for this quilt housed?

Michigan State University Museum

Who documented this quilt?

Michigan Quilt Project

Michigan Quilt Project Number:

09.0031

This is a:

Finished quilt

Quilt's title:

Ocean Wave

How wide is the quilt?

64"

How long is the quilt?

78"

Shape of edge:

Straight

What color is the quilt?

Blue; Pink; Cream

Antique colors:

Double Pink

Overall color scheme:

Multicolor

Describe the quilt's layout:

Block pattern

Number of quilt blocks:

50

Size of quilt blocks:

7 1/2"

Number of borders:

1

Describe the borders:

5" sawtooth

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

Quilting designs used, overall motifs:

Echo

Describe the quilting designs used:

Quilted following pattern and design in center

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 1:

10

Number of quilting stitches per inch, place 2:

10

Materials used in the quilt binding:

Cotton

How is the binding made?

Straight grain

Materials used to make the back:

Cotton

Number of pieces of fabric in the quilt back:

1

Type of inscription:

Date; Signature

Method used to make the inscription:

Ink

Location of inscription:

on back

What is inscribed on the quilt?

Elizabeth Cadwalader

What is the date inscribed on the quilt?

1875

Quilt's condition:

Good/moderate use

When was the quilt started?

1875

When was the quilt finished?

1875

Time period:

1850-1875

Quilt is presently used as:

Bedding, daily use

Where the quilt was made, county:

McDonough

Where the quilt was made, state:

Illinois (IL)

Where the quilt was made, country:

United States

Quilt top made by:

Cadwalader, Elizabeth

Quilted by:

Group, A

If you are a relative of the quiltmaker, how are you related? The quiltmaker is my:

Quilt owner

Quiltmaker's city:

Near Macomb

Quiltmaker's state:

Illinois (IL)

Quiltmaker's birth date:

early 1800s

Does/did the quiltmaker sell quilts?

no

Does/did the quiltmaker teach quilting?

no

How many of the quiltmaker's children were girls?

1

Quilt owner's name:

Katharine Neff

Person filling out this form is:

Quilt owner

How was this quilt acquired?

Inheritance

Tell the story of how the quilt was obtained:

Inherited from mother, Maxine Neff in 2003.

Ownership of this quilt is:

Private

Quilt owner's city:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's county:

Muskegon

Quilt owner's state:

Michigan (MI)

Quilt owner's country:

United States

Access and copyright information:

Restricted

Copyright holder:

MSU Museum

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

Inherited

Shape of corners:

Straight