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Metadata
Object Name |
Quilt |
Object ID # |
1976.48.1 |
Title |
Mary Gehman Kriebel's Friendship Quilt, 1897 |
Creator |
Kriebel, Mary Gehman, 1877-1943 |
Place of Origin |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1897 |
Material |
Cotton |
Dimensions |
W-83.25 L-84.625 inches |
Description |
Friendship Quilt comprised of sixty-one complete blocks set on point. Each block averages 12.00" x 12.00" and consists of various quilt patterns; such as fans, eight-point stars, lily, basket, all pieced used plain and printed cottons. Some blocks have silk embroidered motifs, such as the horseshoe block. Surrounding the complete blocks are twenty half blocks and four quarter blocks made of either red cotton with a yellow star print or a plain yellow cotton. Separating each block is a 2.50" wide sashing made of khaki (faded) plain cotton with cornerstones made of the same plain yellow cotton. On some of the segments of the sashing names or inscriptions have been stamped. For the complete location and name list please see the attached table. There is a 3/8" wide applied binding made of black cotton with a green floral print. The entire quilt has diamond cross-hatching and has been handstitched with navy thread and a SPI of 4-6. The back is comprised of a brown cotton with a brown and white paisley print. Transcription of names on quilt: Click Here |
Provenance |
Friendship quilt assembled by Mary G. Gehman (1877-1943), of Upper Hanover Township, Montgomery County, in 1897, well before her marriage to John S. Kriebel (1882-1950) in 1914. After marriage, they joined the Bally Mennonite Congregation. Family story states that after Mary Gehman asked her friends and relatives to make blocks for her friendship quilt, she received so many blocks that she was able to make two quilts from them. Both quilts were later passed passed on to her daughter, Lydia G. Kriebel (1920-1998), who donated this one to MHC in 1976. What happened to the other quilt is not known. |
Source |
Gift of Lydia G. Kriebel |
People |
Kriebel, Mary G. Gehman, 1877-1943 |
Collection |
Textiles-Quilts |