1860 - 1870 Polly Fetherolf's "Log Cabin" Child's Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1860-1870
name: label: maker
content: Fetherolf, Polly
notes: label: Description
content: In 1977 Laura M. Trexler donated this child’s quilt made by her great-grandmother in the mid-nineteenth century. According to family history it was made for Polly’s daughter, Lucetta (1851-1934). Lucetta was married to Amos D. Trexler (1845-1915) in the early 1870s and the quilt was used for all their children, the last born in 1890. They lived in Trexler, Pennsylvania, where the family had several businesses.
label: Description
content: The “Log Cabin”-patterned quilt is composed of four 6½-inch blocks pieced with beige and fuchsia wool and wool/cotton fabrics. A 5-inch border in beige frames the four “Log Cabin” blocks. It is machine quilted with a chain stitch.
label: Description
content: Maria (Polly) Kistler, daughter of John Kistler and Maria Brobst, was born October 20, 1824 in Lynn Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. She married Daniel W. Fetherolf (b. 1821) in 1844. They farmed, and on the 1880 census were still living in Lynn Township. Maria (Polly) died in 1910 and is buried in the St. Jacobs Union Church Cemetery, Jacksonville, Lynn Township, Pennsylvania.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Lehigh county
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Pennsylvania
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
label: Subject
content: Children
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Laura M. Trexler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T18384
label: accession number
content: 1978.0619
label: catalog number
content: T18384
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt, crib
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, wool, wool/cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 37 in x 38 in; 94 cm x 97 cm