1837 - 1838 Adaline Lusby's Appliqued Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1837-1838
name: label: maker
content: Lusby, Adaline Wineberger
notes: label: Description
content: Adaline Lusby made this example of a chintz applique quilt in 1837-1838. The quilt design is composed of floral motifs cut from two different chintz fabrics. The center lattice-work basket features a parrot on the front and another perched on one of the branches in the basket. Flowering cactus and sprays of anemones frame the basket, surrounded by a flowering vine of roses and anemones, and, an outer row of sprays of roses. Strips of plain red cotton cut in points and valleys creates a vibrant border. Quilted floral motifs fill the white spaces.
label: Description
content: Adaline Wineberger was born c. 1808 in Washington D.C. In 1837, about the time the quilt was made, Adaline married James Lusby (1803-1866). They had three children; James, Sarah, and Fanny. Adaline died in Washington D.C. on October 18, 1895.
label: Description
content: According to a note with the quilt when it was donated by her granddaughter, Adelaide Rado, it was rescued from a packing trunk that had floated in a flooded cellar for several days after a tornado in 1915. “The quilt was hung in the garden to dry but unfortunately left stains which have discolored the under part, rather than the top.” Better the lining than the top! Adaline’s carefully planned-out quilt is a nice example of cut-out chintz quilt design.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia
topic: label: Subject
content: Quinceanera
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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 Adelaide Dorothy Wall Rado
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T10347
label: catalog number
content: T10347
label: accession number
content: 186151
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: filling, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 109 in x 113 in; 277 cm x 287 cm