"Union is Strength" Nine Patch Quilt Block
Periodca. 1855 - 65
Place MadeAllentown, New Jersey
MediumCotton
Dimensions8 × 8 in. (20.3 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsQuilts and Coverlets
Credit LineGift of Anna Louise C. Rudner, 1993
Object number1993.2.5.6
DescriptionThis is a nine patch quilt block made of brown printed floral cotton with pink and black/navy flower sprigs in a checkerboard pattern with plain white squares. The center square has a handwritten ink inscription, "Union is Strength / Emily Caroline Beatty, / Allentown, N.J."Curatorial RemarksThe neatly written motto "Union Is Strength" in the center square of this quilt block indicates the block's creation during the upheaval of the American Civil War.
