Square, Quilt

Object Name:

Square, Quilt

Object ID:

1981.017.13

Creator:

Currier, Mary L.

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 L. Currier / Hopkinton / N. H." on a left angle. Cotton floral pattern fabric created with a roller printed black background on a green ground with resist dyed yellow dots, stitched to each edge of diamond center, forming an X pattern. Seams 0.13" finished with running stitches at 12 stitches/inch. Triangle wedges of a pink cotton ground block and roller printed two tone pink budding vine stripe pattern stitched to the corner of each green piece. seams pressed toward center square. Seams pressed together. All but to pressed with green side facing up. Pencil lines on all four edges. Line of pin hole punctures from machine stitching on right edge. One of a set of 46 for a friendship quilt.

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Linen

Dimensions:

H-9.7 W-9.7 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

People:

Currier, Mary, Williams, Abby S. (1903-1994)

Subjects:

Textiles, Quilts, Textile printing, Cotton, Friendship, Women, Linen, Textiles cylinder printed