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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[1850 - 1860 Susan Holbert's "Little Sister's Quilt"]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sewing]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Knitting]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Quilts]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Furnishings]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Textiles]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Holbert, Emily]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Holbert, Susan]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Quilting]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Sewing and Knitting]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Stenciled in the center of the lining of this quilt is ‚ÄúS. T. Holbert‚Äù which stands for Susan Theresa Holbert. Her older sister, Emily, made another quilt in the Smithsonian‚Äôs collection, the ‚ÄúVanity of Vanities‚Äù quilt.‚Äù Might Emily have made this quilt for her younger sister as well? Or were they both accomplished quilt makers?]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The center of the quilt is a sunburst or star 26¬Ω inches in diameter, pieced of triangles and diamonds. Sixteen appliqu√©d feathered plumes emerge from the outer edge of the sunburst. Between the plumes are sixteen small 4-inch pieced sunbursts. A 3/8-inch band of red cotton print separates the field from the border. Along the inner edge of this band are birds with flowers and buds, and in each of the four inner corners is a pieced and appliqu√©d ‚ÄúCarolina Lily‚Äù block. The 7¬Ω-inch border contains an appliqu√©d undulating oak leaf vine.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The fabrics used are roller- and discharge-printed cottons. The quilt has a filling of cotton with a white cotton lining. All the pieced and appliqu√©d motifs have double-outline quilting and the open spaces are filled with motifs of flowers, running vines, leaves, sprigs, fleur-de-lis, botehs, and hearts; each quilted 8 stitches to the inch. This quilt‚Äôs dramatic design incorporates a popular mid-19th century motif: plumes or the ‚ÄúPrincess Feather‚Äù pattern, in the then-fashionable red and green color combination.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Susan Theresa Holbert was born in Chester, Orange County, New York, on February 24, 1834. She was the daughter of James Holbert, a farmer, and Susan Drake Holbert. They had another daughter, Teresa, who died in 1816 at the age of three and Susan was probably named after her. Susan married William Alfred Lawrence in 1861, and they had a son, Theodore (1862-1947). Susan died in 1871. This quilt was donated to the Smithsonian by Mr. and Mrs. John Beard Ecker. Mrs Theodora Ecker is Susan‚Äôs granddaughter. At the same time another quilt from the same family, Emily Holbert‚Äôs ‚ÄúVanity of Vanities‚Äù quilt, was also donated to the Smithsonian.]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Currently not on view]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Holbert, Susan]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Holbert, Emily]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Smithsonian Institution]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1850-1860]]></dcterms:date>
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    <dcterms:references><![CDATA[http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_556215&amp;repo=DPLA]]></dcterms:references>
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