#Emma Civey Stahl

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Emma Civey Stahl (American)

Woman's Rights Quilt

ca. 1875

Cotton

(The Met NY collection)

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Woman’s Rights Quilt

Emma Civey Stahl

1875

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Woman’s Rights Quilt

ca. 1875

Emma Civey Stahl

This unique pictorial quilt tells two distinct stories. Three of the circular appliquéd vignettes depict soldiers who fought in the American Civil War, assuredly still a fresh memory when the quilt was made. Three other blocks feature dynamic scenes of social activism in the fight for women’s rights. In one vignette, the reformer leaves her husband and child, a “WOMAN’S RIGHTS” banner slung jauntily over her shoulder. In another she is driving a horse-drawn cart, undoubtedly going to the meeting depicted in a third circle, where she vociferously lectures the cowering audience. The quiltmaker’s comical take on one of the most serious issues of the late nineteenth century raises the question of her own viewpoint on the subject.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Woman’s Rights Quilt, 1875

Emma Civey Stahl

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Woman’s Rights Quilt by Emma Civey Stahl, American Decorative Arts

Medium: Cotton

Funds from various donors, 2011 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/21101

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‘Woman’s Rights Quilt’ (circa 1875) by Emma Civey Stahl (American). Cotton.

Images and text courtesy The Met. 

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/21101?rpp=30&pg=2&rndkey=20151012&ft=*&what=Quilts&pos=35