Saturday, January 23, 2021

In Praise of Volunteer Cataloguers: Rebecca Scattergood Savery

 

Quilt by Rebecca Scattergood Savery (1770-1855), Philadelphia

Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Stitching one of these Sunburst quilts might be considered a
lifetime achievement but Rebecca made at least 3.

Collection of the International Quilt Museum
Plus three signature quilts
(And how many others not in the records?)

But this is not a post to sing Rebecca's praises. We need to
thank Nancy Ettensperger who has done a remarkable job
of documenting Rebecca, her quilts and her life.

Collection of the International Quilt Museum


Nancy, a genealogist, published a paper on Rebecca and her family
last April. See it here:



Six quilts from the 1840-50s and a well-documented Philadelphia Quaker life!



Nancy's webpage Ancestors & Others is described as: 
Investigating the Lives of Ancestors, Collateral/Allied Families and Complete Strangers.


She says she's thrilled to find someone reads her blog posts. I love the idea of posting a lot of information in blogs (as you might guess.) Sooner or later somebody will find it and be quite happy to have all that info.

4 comments:

  1. wow amazing quilt achievments thanks for sharing

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  2. The genealogy paper ws an amazing piece of scholarship! Very inspiring. Thank you for the link to it. Her quilts are amazing!

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  3. Hurray for Nancy and hurray for you! Without you I would never have found her blog. Thanks a million!

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  4. I've always found textile history interesting - Thank you for introducing y0ur article.
    I was curious about the origins of the starburst-like block shown below the 'Royal Bridal Skirts/Madder Prints' ad. Do you happen to have any further info about this block in any of your other articles or blog postings?

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