Pattern, Quilt
- Title:
- Album Quilt
- Object Name:
- Pattern, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1968.059.042
- Creator:
- Webster, Ellen E. (1867-1950)
- Date:
- 1920-1940
- Description:
- Quilt pattern, "Album Quilt." Machine-printed figured red, figured black, and checked red with white cotton fabrics. Pieced blocks are 10" with 2.5" red/white checked fabric sashing. Each block comprised of two figured fabrics of same color. 2.5" white fabric (simulated via poster board) square in center framed via 1/4-square triangles of first fabric, a 3.5" square in second fabric (on point) sits at each side. Block background filled via triangles of first fabric. Pattern repeats below with black figured fabrics. Fabric glued to pencil drawn pattern on discolored off-white poster board. Handwritten notes in pencil above pattern: "Album quilt given to Mrs.. Ella Southmayd for wedding present in 1874. / Put together with 2 1/2" wide sashing of bright pink."
- Material:
- Paper
Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- H-19.6 W-15 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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