Rachel Story

Item #1088

(February, 1985) Churning is a tradition kept alive in some homes and fondly remembered in others. Rachel is busily preparing the butter which she will use when making a cake in one of the cake molds at her feet. It is mid-morning so she no longer needs the warmth of the sweater which she has hung over the back of her chair. It is the companion chair to those used by Nellie, Mattie and Mabel. She is looking out toward the yard, perhaps overseeing her grandchildren at play. She is appropriately named for Rachel, the beloved wife of Jacob and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin in the book of Genesis.

Dr. Thomas F. Clark