Name/Title
Pine BurrEntry/Object ID
1997.001.015Description
Hand-pieced top in red, black, and white. Top only, no quilting. Does not lay flat. Initial "E" embroidered on top.
30 blocks total (5 x 6). Each block is 19'' x 19'' from point to point.Context
Mary Spitzer Etter of Harrisonburg, Virginia donated her family's entire quilt collection to the Virginia Quilt Museum in 1997. The collection contained 27 quilts, most of which were made by Mary's aunts, the Spitzer sisters. Their names were Sarah Josephine Spitzer (Walters), Margaret Melinda Spitzer (Jones), and Ellen Rebecca Spitzer. It is unknown if the other two Spitzer sisters, Hannah Spitzer (Brown) and Jane Spitzer (Evers), did much quilting. Of the quilts completed by the Spitzer sisters, there is a single initial embroidered on the front of quilt to mark who made each quilt. Ellen Spitzer's daughter, Irene, also completed three pieces of the collection. Some of the quilts contain blocks were done by Mabel Spitzer, Mary's mother. These blocks were then quilted by either Berta or Effie Long, Mabel's neighbors. There are a few quilts not made by a Spitzer, yet they were still made by relatives of the Spitzer family.Collection
Permanent CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1997.001Source or Donor
Mary Spitzer EtterNotes
Donated Feb. 23, 1997Made/Created
Artist
Ellen Rebecca SpitzerDate made
circa 1920 - circa 1930Inscription/Signature/Marks
Location
Top CornerTranscription
"E"Material/Technique
EmbroideredDimensions
Dimension Description
Overall Quilt DimensionsWidth
82 inLength
71 inDimension Description
Individual Block DimensionsWidth
19 inLength
19 inDimension Notes
30 Blocks totalColor
Black, Red, White, ClayCondition
Overall Condition
Very Good
