1855 - 1865 Sara Ann Mellon's Appliqued Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1855-1865
name: label: maker
content: Mellon, Sara Ann
notes: label: Description
content: According to family information, Sara Ann Mellon crafted this quilt before her marriage to Robert Dickey in 1864. Nine 16-inch blocks are appliqued with stylized star flowers, oak leaves, and sprigs of berries. The berry stems are accentuated with chain stitch embroidery. It was said that the meandering vine in the border was stitched with a hand-turned sewing machine, all the other stitching is by hand.
label: Description
content: Sara Ann Mellon was born February 18, 1841 in Cameron, Marshall County, Virginia (now West Virginia). She married Robert Dickey (1836-1909), a veteran of the 6th West Virginia Infantry. He enlisted in 1861. Severely wounded in the summer of 1864, he was discharged in the fall. He and Sara married December 22, 1864, in Greene County, Pennsylvania. They had three children: George W., Clara, and John H. Sara died in 1927.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: West Virginia, Cameron
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Textiles
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content: Quilts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Robert Dickey Burley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T13666
label: catalog number
content: T13666
label: accession number
content: 262261
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: 77 in x 72 in; 196 cm x 183 cm