Object Details
maker
Young, Sarah Ann
Description
Initials “S.A.Y.” are inked on the corner of this pieced and appliqued quilt. According to family information Sarah Ann Young made this quilt and two others as a teenager, probably with the assistance of her mother, Elizabeth Young. The cotton fabrics used to create the “Whig’s Defeat” pattern were home dyed. Between and around the large motifs are appliqued flowers. All of the motifs are appliqued directly to the white cotton ground fabric, not made in blocks. It is quilted, 7 stitches per inch, with outline quilting on the motifs and circles on the white ground.
Sarah Ann Young was born in Preble Co., Ohio, July 28, 1849 and died in Greenville, Ohio, April 20, 1936. The quilt descended in her brother, John Franklin Young’s, family. It is one of two that were donated to the Museum, the family kept the third quilt.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James B. Warlick
date made
1850-1870
ID Number
TE.T12864
accession number
244875
catalog number
T12864
Object Name
quilt
Physical Description
fabric, cotton (overall material)
thread, cotton (overall material)
filling, cotton (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 79 in x 77 in; 200 cm x 196 cm
place made
United States
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Quilting
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_556404