Woman’s Rights Quilt
Emma Civey Stahl
ca. 1875
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
70 × 69 1/2 in. (177.8 × 176.5 cm)
Classification
Quilt
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Funds from various donors, 2011
Accession Number
2011.538
Tags
SoldiersAnimalsMenWomenFlowers
About the Artist
Emma Civey Stahl
Emma Civey Stahl, born around 1860 in Iowa or Illinois, emerged as a remarkable young talent in American textile art during the post-Civil War era. Little is known of her early training or formal education, as her life remains sparsely documented beyond her singular surviving masterpiece, but by age 15, she had crafted the extraordinary *Woman’s Rights Quilt* around 1875. Produced in Illinois usin...