1925 - 1935 Amelia Papelka Wolff's "Sunbonnet Sue" Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1925 - 1935
name: label: maker
content: Wolff, Amelia Josephine Papelka
notes: label: Description
content: This appliqued “Sunbonnet Sue’" pattern crib quilt was made by Amelia Josephine (nee Papelka) Wolff for her grandniece, Jean Lee Eareckson, about 1930. Amelia, born 1867, immigrated as a baby to Iowa with her parents and siblings from Crudim, E. Bohemia. She married Andrew Wolff, a brick merchant and they lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Amelia died in 1937.
label: Description
content: The “Sunbonnet Sue” pattern was a popular pattern in the early 20th century; this one is hand stitched, hand quilted, appliqued and embroidered. The sunbonnet babies are grouped in two rows in sets of 4; the hands and feet are outlined in black. A floral design was used for the quilting pattern on the pink border; grid quilting for the center.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Iowa, Iowa
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Jean Lee Eareckson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2003.0188.01
label: accession number
content: 2003.0188
label: catalog number
content: 2003.0188.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: QUILT
label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 53 in x 37 in; 135 cm x 94 cm