1900 - 1925 Rev. Charles Stocking's Fund Raising Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1900-1925
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Members and friends of a Methodist Church, possibly in Elyria or Wooster, Ohio, each contributed twenty-five cents to have a name inscribed on this red and white, fund-raising quilt. It was later presented to the minister, Charles Hendrickson Stocking (1842-1926). Charles Stocking served in the Civil War and was ordained a minister in 1869. For more than 50 years he served at various churches in the Midwest and was recognized as a successful fund raiser, having a talent for easing debts and constructing churches.
label: Description
content: Fifty-four wheels-with-spokes or flowers-with-petals were each appliqued on 9 1/4-inch blocks. The names, all inscribed in ink by the same hand, appear on the centers and spokes or petals of the motifs and a few on the sashing between blocks. More than 1000 names appear on the quilt. All of the motifs are outlined in quilting. The blocks are framed by a 4-inch border. A matching pillow with one motif and inscriptions was included in the donation. This quilt is a fitting tribute to a minister who was known for his skills at fund raising.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Wooster
label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Elyria
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Community
label: Subject
content: Church
label: Subject
content: Fund Raising
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Quilts
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Vernon Lynch
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13892.00A
label: accession number
content: 260902
label: catalog number
content: T13892A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 105 in x 73 in; 267 cm x 185 cm