1891 - 1933 Trinity Lutheran Church Parlor Throw
1891 - 1933 Trinity Lutheran Church Parlor Throw
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- Description
- In 1891 members of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Findlay, Ohio, created the blocks for this parlor throw to raise money for their newly organized church. Each person was to get ten names at ten cents each for the 25 blocks, for a total of $25.00. Rev. H. C. Stuckenberg was the pastor in charge at the time. When he left a few years later in 1893, the blocks were given to him and his wife, Bertha. It was not until after his retirement in 1929, and just before his death in 1933, that he and his wife settled on the arrangement of the blocks. It was then that she put the squares on a black ground and finished the project.
- Rev. Harry C. Stuckenberg was born August 29, 1853 and died October 27, 1933.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- quilt
- date made
- 1891-1933
- maker
- unknown
- Physical Description
- fabric, silk, velvet, satin, ribbon, cotton (overall material)
- thread, silk, chenille, metallic (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 71 in x 71 in; 180 cm x 180 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T13464
- accession number
- 254849
- catalog number
- T13464
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Mary Stuckenberg Feak
- subject
- Quilting
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- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Religion
- Textiles
- Quilts
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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