Name/Title
Blazing Six-Pointed StarEntry/Object ID
1991.005.001Description
Ten 6-pointed stars measured point to point are 28'' plus four half blocks on two rows have a white diamond as a joining piece. The center of the stars are made of only three cut pieces. The two-diamond areas going out from that center are cut as one piece. Each star is constructed with what is not a dark mustard print center, a row of white, a row of light mustard print, row of white, row of red with white dots (not actually polka-dotted with white, but rather had a black-dyed pattern that has not deteriorated, showing the white batting underneath).
Binding is top to back. The quilting in each diamond of star has three echo lines. The large joining diamonds are cross-hatched using triple lines and the stitches are about 15 per inch.Context
Very little is known about this quilt, other than having been passed down in the Funk family for generations. The Funk family is from the Shenandoah Valley.
It is hypothesized that the quilt was made out of new fabric by two different quilters. Jacob Funk and Betsy Stover were both from affluent farming families and had been married about 30 years in 1850. It is reasonable to assume that Marilla (b. 1824) and her mother were making quilts for her hope chest.Collection
Permanent CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1991.005Source or Donor
Geneva Funk McClungMade/Created
Date made
circa 1850Place
* Untyped Place
Fisherville, VirginiaNotes
Possible maker is Elizabeth "Betsy" Stover Funk (Donor's Great-Grandmother)Condition
Overall Condition
FairNotes
The red prints which are of the 1840s have the black designs of the fabric completely deteriorated, leaving what appears to be white polka-dots but reveal the batting. There are rust spots on the back and a tear at one.
