Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.07
- Creator:
- Colby, Susan M.
- Place of Origin:
- Contoocookville, NH
- Date:
- 1847-1852
- Description:
- Quilt square. Nine pieces hand stitched. Arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Fine cotton fabric square center, angled as a diamond, autographed "Susan M. Colby / Contookville / N Hamp". Cotton with a brown ground printed speckled ombr� pattern stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Triangle wedges of cotton a white ground monochrome printed violet coral branches pattern stitched to corner of each brown piece. Finished with 0.13" running stitched hem at 9 stitches/inch. Plain seams pressed together. Center three seams ivory fabric facing up. Top right seam brown seam facing up. Violet fabric showing top diamond left and right diamond right seam. Remaining seams pressed with brown facing up. 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, Friendship, Women, Linen
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