Pattern, Quilt

Title:

Ocean Wave

Object Name:

Pattern, Quilt

Object ID:

1968.059.014

Creator:

Webster, Ellen E. (1867-1950)

Place of Origin:

Franklin, NH

Date:

1920-1940

Description:

Quilt pattern, "Ocean Wave." Machine-printed figured beige with red and brown, figured beige with red and black, and figured beige with black cotton fabrics. Half-square triangles of cream with red/brown fabric form squares (on point) with flutter wheel pattern. Flutter wheel squares form corners of quilt block. Between each flutter wheel are two rows (three smaller squares each of a white and a figured fabric half square triangle). This pattern replicates in rows of alternating fabric. Flutter wheels in cream with red/brown fabric always forms one corner of next block in row or column. Fabric glued to pencil drawn pattern on discolored off-white poster board. "Quilt at Sandwich Center 'Home Industries.' Made in Sandwich - About 100 years old. Cotton sees showed / in abundance. Quilt in perfect condition. Colored material was in figures of red and black on white. / 'Ocean Wave.' Flutter wheel at intersections." handwritten in pencil at top of poster board. A hand-drawn in pencil sketch of a flutter wheel (pinwheel) sits to the right of the last sentence.

Material:

Paper
Textile
Cotton

Dimensions:

H-20 W-20 inches

Provenance:

Made by Mrs. Ellen E. Webster of Franklin, NH, the mother of donor.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Estate of Gladys H. Webster

People:

Webster, Ellen E. (1867-1950), Webster, Gladys H. (1893-1968)

Subjects:

Quilts, Quilting, Fabric design drawings, Fabrics