1949 Emma Mundorff's "Flower Garden" Quilt
1949 Emma Mundorff's "Flower Garden" Quilt
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- Description
- Over 5,000 hexagonally shaped patches of plain and printed cottons were used to create the quilt. It is outline-quilted at 10 stitches per inch. It was quilted on a frame made by Emma’s grandfather in 1833. The frame was used in the family until it was donated with the quilt in 1988.
- Emma Mundorff’s grandfather, Philip Snyder, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1801. He and his wife, Maria, immigrated to the U.S. in 1832 and settled near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Granddaughter Emma Culp was born in 1869. Her family farm, “Culp’s Hill,” is part of Gettysburg Battlefield history. She married Jacob Mundorff (1863-1915) in 1886.
- Emma made quilts for herself, her four children, and eight grandchildren. Her masterpiece, “Flower Garden,” was made in 1949 when she was 80 years old.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- quilt
- date made
- 1949
- maker
- Mundorff, Emma Culp
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Gettysburg
- Physical Description
- fabric, cotton (overall material)
- thread, cotton (overall material)
- filling, cotton (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 86 in x 72 in; 218 cm x 182 cm
- ID Number
- 1988.0123.01
- catalog number
- 1988.0123.01
- accession number
- 1988.0123
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert B. Widder
- subject
- Quilting
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Quilts
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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