Beadwork Bag
name: label: maker
content: Kendig, Sally
notes: label: Description
content: Knitted beadwork purse, with a continuous floral pattern between zig-zag borders with a band of individual flowers at the bottom. There is cording at the bottom over the seam. It is unfinished at top and unlined. Beaded bags and knitted bags were fashionable in the 1800s. It was made by Sally (Sarah) Kendig born to Henry and Salome Smith Kendig on July 10, 1819 in PA. She married John Horter Ziegler (1822-1903) February 14, 1849 and they had one daughter - Grace. She died on January 5, 1895 in Harrisburg, PA.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made at
content: United States
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Victorian Needlework
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. Louis Fahnestock
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T14464
label: catalog number
content: T14464.000
label: accession number
content: 277123
objectType: label: Object Name
content: beadwork
label: Object Type
content: beadwork
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 7/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 17.4625 cm x 15.875 cm