Square, Quilt
- Object Name:
- Square, Quilt
- Object ID:
- 1981.017.12
- Creator:
- Carr, Mary M.
- Place of Origin:
- Hopkinton, NH
- Date:
- 1847-1852
- Description:
- Quilt square. Nine separate pieces hand stitched together, arranged in Winding Blades or Windmill Block pattern. Center ecru toned linen fabric square angled as a diamond, autographed "Mary M. Carr / Hopkinton / N.H." Cotton brown and gold roller printed large check pattern fabric stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seamed 0.25" with running stitches 15 stitches/inch. Triangle wedges of roller and block printed white cotton ground with a dotted blue ombr� check pattern stitched to the corner of each brown piece. Plain seams pressed together with two pressed toward and two away from center. Outer seams all but one seam pressed with brown fabric facing up. Pin hole sized punctures from previous machine stitching visible along top edge. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt..
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-9.7 W-9.5 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, Textiles cylinder printed
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