1850 - 1858 Sarah Neil Pendleton's Appliqued Crib Counterpane
date: label: date made
content: 1850-1858
name: label: maker
content: Pendleton, Sarah E.
notes: label: Description
content: According to family tradition, Sarah Pendleton appliqued this crib cover in the 1850s. The motifs, both block-printed and roller-printed, are mainly floral with one bird. A herringbone stitch was used to attach the motifs. A plain white cotton fabric was used for the lining. A 5 ½-inch machine embroidered mesh and ball fringe completes the counterpane.
label: Description
content: Sarah E. Neil was born at Belize, Louisiana, May 21, 1837. The daughter of William and Ellen Neil. She married William E. Pendleton (1824-1901) on December 8, 1856. They had seven children, but only three attained adulthood. Sarah died December 5, 1898.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Louisiana, New Orleans
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 Mrs. Pendleton E. Lehde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T16839.000
label: catalog number
content: T16839.000
label: accession number
content: 306524
objectType: label: Object Name
content: quilt
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric, cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: thread, cotton (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 54 in x 35 in; 137 cm x 89 cm