1870 - 1890 Margaret O'Sullivan Langford's "Star of Bethlehem" Quilt
date: label: date made
content: 1870-1890
name: label: maker
content: Langford, Margaret O’Sullivan
notes: label: Description
content: Margaret Langford pieced this version of “Star of Bethlehem” also known as “Harvest Sun” or “Prairie Star” in the later part of the 19th century. The nine pieced blocks are set off by 14-inch and 7¼-inch plain white squares to create a dramatic overall design. It is quilted, 10 stitches per inch, with outline and diagonal grid patterns. Three sides have a 2½-inch printed cotton border.
label: Description
content: Margaret O’Sullivan was born in 1852, to Jeremiah (1814-1884) and Elizabeth “Betty” Osburn (1824-1876) O’Sullivan in Spencer County, Kentucky. She married Larkin R. Langford on October 8, 1867. They lived in Anderson County, Kentucky. She died on April 13, 1894, in Spencer County, Kentucky. Another of her quilts, in the “Spider’s Web” pattern, is in the collection of the Kentucky Historical Society.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Kentucky, Anderson
topic: label: Subject
content: Quilting
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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 Rear Admiral W.R. Sheeley
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16320
label: accession number
content: 302336
label: catalog number
content: T16320
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: 82 in x 72 in; 208 cm x 183 cm