Pattern, Quilt
- Title:
- Wild Goose Chase
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1968.059.022 a
- Creator:
- Webster, Ellen E. (1867-1950)
- Place of Origin:
- Franklin, NH
- Date:
- 1920-1940
- Description:
- Quilt pattern, "Wild Goose Chase." Machine-printed figured blue with white and figured white with blue cotton fabrics and burgundy toile de jouy linen fabric. Block consists of three rows. 6.7" wide burgundy toile in middle. Outside rows are six 7.5" rectangles on vertical. All rectangles consist of one 7.5" wide blue with white figured fabric triangle and two 5.3" white with blue figured triangles. Fabric glued to pencil drawn pattern on discolored off-white poster board. Handwritten in pencil above pattern: "'Wild Goose Chase' / Pieced by my grandmother, Sally Powers Fox Plummer because she was married in 1835." First of two patterns (a,b), second on reverse (Object ID 1968.059.022 b).
- Material:
- Paper
Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-20.75 W-21.5 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
- Subjects:
- Quilts, Quilting, Fabric design drawings, Fabrics
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