Jacquard coverlet, cotton warp and wool weft. Wool is dyed with madder red, indigo blue and green. Made with a 4 & 1 tiedown weave structure. Joined at center seam.
Corner block reads: "Made by J. Witmer, Manor Township, for Mary Shopf, 1840."
Note: Mary Shopf''s 1841 sampler is G.80.137.1.
Witmer, Jacob (1797 - 1887) Extant coverlets: 1837-1851
Provenance
Descent: Maker Mary Shopf Hertzler to daughter Mary Hertzler Herr to son Amos Herr to daughter and donor Anna C. Herr Wilkinson.
Genealogy: Mary Shopf (1 Feb 1823 - 12 Mar 1903) m. Rudolph Hertzler, dau. Mary Hertzler (16 Aug 1849 - 14 Apr 1929) m. Christian Herr, son Amos Herr (b. 1876) m. A.M. Hollinger, dau. Anna C. Herr m. Harold Wilkinson." (Anna is donor)
Maker was possibly the daughter of Henry Shopf & Elizabeth K. Kauffman. Henry was from Manor Twp.
Pieced and appliqued block quilt of cotton with floral pattern on white ground and eagle quilting.
Top is pieced with floral blocks on point alternating with white open blocks (approx. 8.5" sq.). There are 64 stylized/geometric pieced flowers (peonies?) of 6-petals. Flower top is a red floral print; lower part is a green floral print. Stem and leaves are appliqued. Floral blocks arranged in 8 columns of 8.
The 49 open blocks are quilted with a spread eagle with shield; border triangles have a feather. Back of white cotton is wrapped to front to create narrow binding. Cotton batting.
Elizabeth Schneider Mann (10/8/1780 - 3/25/1870) was raised in East Donegal Twp, the daughter of George Schneider/Snyder and wife Anna Margaretha. Her birth is recorded in the records of the Maytown Lutheran Church. She made quilt around 65 yrs. of age, during her marriage to Johannes/John Mann, farmer of Manor Twp., just east of Washington Boro. The Mann family was Lutheran.
Provenance
Descent in family from parent to child:
Maker to George Snyder Mann (1822-1912) to Abram Kauffman Mann (b. 1864), to George Snyder Mann to Richard H. Mann, M.D., husband of donor.
Exhibited 2004 in "Home Sweet Home"
Featured in Dec. 2007 "McCall's Quilting: The Art of Vintage Quilts"
Wear and deterioration with many holes on the white flowers of the red print of more than half the floral blocks. Two grayish liquid stains on green print of two separate peonies. Minor light brown/yellow stains across surface and along edges, especially upper left edge. Needle holes along all four edges, suggesting previous mounting. Reverse has some acid burn at folds and a small stain. See condition report in file.
Object ID
G.96.07.1
Place of Origin
Manor Twp.
Role
Quiltmaker
Credit
Gift of Mary Jane Mann in memory of Richard H. Mann, M.D
Walnut Hill School, c. 1941. First row, left to right: Arlene Frey, John Shenk, Jean Frey, Edward Wilson, Jane Kauffman, Jane Frey, Earl Frey Jr., Eleanor Wilson, Fluffy the dog. Second row, left to right: Ruth Kauffman, Betty Wilson, Ira Shenk, Ted Howe, Charles Kauffman. Third row, left to right: Elizabeth Drum (teacher), Wilbur Rice, John Young, Mike Orbank, Bob Wilson, Tennyson Frey, Mervin Rice.
Provenance
Digital image only. Original owned by Conestoga Area Historical Society.
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission marker for Indian carvings or petroglyphs at the Susquehanna River. From page 185 of Earl Rebman's book "Conestoga River Watershed - Outline of History, 1710 to 1973".
Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission marker for Safe Harbor iron works. From page 181 of Earl Rebman's book "Conestoga River Watershed - Outline of History, 1710 to 1973".
Photograph- Manor Township High School 50th reunion of the class of 1928. Photo taken by Esther Kilheffer. Identified, left to right, are Nelson Wallick, D. L. Biemsderfer, J. Harry Pickle and A. Norman Ranck.
Photograph- Manor Township High School 50th reunion of the class of 1928. Photo taken by Esther Kilheffer. Identified, left to right, are Nelson Wallick, D. L. Biemsderfer, J. Harry Pickle and A. Norman Ranck.
Description
Manor Township High School 50th reunion of the class of 1928. Photo taken by Esther Kilheffer. Identified, left to right, are Nelson Wallick, D. L. Biemsderfer, J. Harry Pickle and A. Norman Ranck.
Family and friends at Maple Grove pool in 1943. Rear from left: Nancy Miller, Mary Ann Brill, Dot Miller, Bud Brill. Front from left: Jackie Miller and Pauline Brill.
