Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Quilt |
Object ID # |
2012.25.2 |
Title |
Noah K. & Muriel Taylor Mack's wedding quilt, 1936 |
Creator |
Cassel, Maggie Heimer Kratz, 1860-1938 |
Place of Origin |
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1936 |
Material |
Cotton |
Dimensions |
W-76 L-75.5 inches |
Description |
Friendship quilt comprised of the double wedding ring pattern. The quilt is comprised of a plain white cotton ground with pieced ring shapes and embroidered names. There are twenty-five "rings" that overlap one another and are made of multiples pieces of plain and printed cottons. In the center of each ring is a hand quilted flower motif in white thread. In every ring there are blue silk embroidered names with the center ring detailing who the quilt was made for. For the complete list of names and location please see the attached document. here is a 4.750" wide border with a leaf and scrolled border also quilted stitched in white thread. There is a 1/8" wide foldover binding from front to back. The quilt is entirely handstitched with an SPI of 5 in white thread. The back is comprised of plain white cotton. Transcription of names on quilt: Click Here |
Notes |
Label attached: "Mary K. Mack" |
Provenance |
"Double Wedding-Ring" friendship quilt made, according to the inscription on it, in September 1936 as a wedding gift for Noah K. Mack (1911-1974) and Muriel Etta Taylor Mack (1912-1997), by Noah's grandmother, Mary "Maggie" Heimer Kratz Cassel (1860-1938). According to the donor, Noah's sister Mary K. Mack (1913-2014), helped with the embroidery and quilting. The embroidered names are of friends and family of the couple. The donor (a daughter of Noah & Muriel Mack), thought that the quilt was finished and given to the Macks in 1938, when they left Pennsylvania for medical mission work in Tanganyika, East Africa. That may be, but the quilt is dated twice, 1936, and contains the exact date of Noah & Muriel's wedding, indicating that's when it was probably given. The Macks did take the quilt along when they went to Tanganyika. At some point, the quilt was given to Noah Mack's unmarried sister, Mary K. Mack, of the Hatfield Mennonite Home, and she attached her name label to it. Mary was the last owner of the quilt. |
Source |
Gift of Elsie Mack Mast, in memory of Noah K. & Muriel T. Mack |
People |
Cassel, Magdalene "Maggie" Heimer Kratz, 1860-1938 Mack, Mary K., 1913-2014 Mack, Muriel Etta Taylor, 1912-1997 Mack, Noah K., 1911-1974 |
Collection |
Textiles-Quilts |