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Pattern, Quilt

Title:
Square and Monkey Wrench, Monkey Wrench and Block
Object Name:
Pattern, Quilt
Object ID:
1968.059.019
Creator:
Webster, Ellen E. (1867-1950)
Place of Origin:
Franklin, NH
Date:
1920-1940
Description:
Quilt pattern, "Square and Monkey Wrench" or "Monkey Wrench and Block." Machine-printed figured dark blue and figured beige with black cotton fabrics. Quilt pattern is an 11.9' block with a 6" square of beige fabric in the middle. Each corner of the square touches the peak of one of four equal sized blue triangles (triangles slightly overhang pencil drawn pattern); between the mid-points the triangles are 1.1" wide rectangles (approx. 1" of white between inner square and blue rectangles). Fabric glued to pencil drawn pattern on discolored off-white poster board. "'Square and Monkey Wrench' and 'Monkey Wrench and Block" handwritten in pencil above pattern. "Mrs. George H. Sargent / Warren, N.H." written at top left of pattern.
Material:
Paper
Textile
Cotton
Dimensions:
H-13 W-13 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
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