Sampler quilt top of 20 pieced and appliqued blocks, each a different pattern. Made of solid and printed cotton fabrics, both hand and machine stitched. Sawtooth border at two opposite sides. Used by Anna (Susanna) Brubaker to illustrate patterns.
Donor says her grandmother, Mary Brubaker Rickert (daughter of maker) called it her "pattern book." Documented in Quilt Harvest (# 21E). See NOTES.
Hammer Creek area of Elizabeth Twp., Lancaster Co.
Provenance
Passed from maker to daughter Mary Brubaker Rickert (donor's grandmother) to Cora Rickert Zartman (donor's paternal aunt), then to donor.
Soiled, including liquid stains; tears and deteriorating fabrics.
Object ID
G.91.08.2
Notes
Different names used for the maker of this quilt top: Susanna, Susan, Anna and Kitty. They are all variations of her birth name of Susanna Bear, daughter of John and Anna (Frantz) Bear.
1. Most of the notes in file state ANNA Brubaker. Informant is of course donor.
2. Four-generation chart in file states KITTY HACKMAN Brubaker. (2nd marriage for both John Brubaker and Kitty Hackman and Mary Brubaker was indeed their daughter). Informant is again of course the donor.
3. Death certificate for maker's daughter (Mary Brubaker Rickert) states her mother's name was SUSSANNA(sic) Bear. Informant was Cora Rickert Zartman, Mary's daughter.
4. Findagrave.com for David Hackman (1801-1831) states "His wife was SUSANNA Bear, daughter of John and Anna (Frantz) Bear. After Hackman's death, she married John Brubaker".
Place of Origin
Elizabeth Twp.
Role
Quiltmaker
Credit
In memory of Mary Brubaker Rickert by her granddaughter Herma Rickert Losensky, Heritage Center Collection
