Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.02
- Creator:
- Blaisdell, Ann K.
- Place of Origin:
- Hopkinton, NH
- Date:
- 1847
- Description:
- Quilt Square. Nine pieces hand stitched, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru toned cotton linen blend fabric square angled as a diamond. Autographed at diamond center, "The Lord Bless thee, and keep thee, / Ann K. Blaisdale, / Hopkinton Sept 17 th 1847." Printed cotton with modeled brown/red/blue pattern stitched to each edge of muslin center, forming an X pattern. Finished with 0.25" running stiched hem at 12 stiches/inch. Triangle wedges of a monochrome printed cotton with an orange budding vine pattern stiched to corner of each modeled red/brown/blue piece. Finished with plain seams pressed flat. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-9.5 W-9.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Apparently made for a girl named "Hannah". Mrs. Williams (maiden name, Abby Starr), from whom the squares were purchased, is a descendant of Hannah Starr of Boston, who married John Cutts of Portsmouth in 1662.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Linen, Friendship, Women, Textiles resist dyed, Madder red, Orange
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