Basket of Triangles
Name/Title
Basket of TrianglesEntry/Object ID
1997.001.014Description
Pieced Basket blocks in multicolored fabrics set with alternating blocks in green print. Wool challis paisley print backing purchased and finished by the Long Sisters c. 1930. Tied. Initial "E" in cream in the corner. There is a total of 56 blocks (8 x 7), each measuring 7.5'' square. Each block is set on point with a green print fabric. The binding is turned inside. There is a thick cotton batting. The quilt is tied with green Perle cotton thread. The pattern is #717 in Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia pg. 92-93.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 Information
Ellen Rebecca Spitzer
Long Sisters