1920 - 1930 Bertha Bork's Pieced Comfort
date: label: date made
content: 1920-1930
name: label: maker
content: Bork, Bertha
notes: label: Description
content: Bertha Bork made this pieced and tied comfort for her grand-daughter, Betty Jane Meggers. She machine pieced 25 blocks in a variation of the “Pride of Holland” pattern for the quilt top. It is wool-filled and tied with multi-colored wool yarns. A colorful cotton paisley lining adds to this bright and lively tied quilt or comfort.
label: Description
content: Bertha Bork was born in Pomerania, Germany in 1866. She married John Meggers and emigrated about 1872 to Clintonville, Wisconsin. They farmed and raised two children, William Frederick and Clara. William (1888-1966) was a well-known physicist. The quilt was made for his daughter, Betty (1921-2012), who was a noted archeologist.
label: Description
content: Bertha divorced in 1910 and married Peter Monty. She died in 1941 and is buried in Graceland Cemetery, Clintonville, Wisconsin.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Clintonville
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Edith R. Meggers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17157
label: catalog number
content: T17157.000
label: accession number
content: 314637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: comfort
label: Object Type
content: comfort
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric; cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread; cotton, wool (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling; wool (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 80 in x 76 in; 203 cm x 193 cm